Results 1-20 of 91 for iraq speaker:Ann Winterton

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Ann Winterton: I have spoken about that in debates, and I agree with the hon. Gentleman on the reconstruction, bringing civil enterprises into being, and so on, but that is a different argument. When we went into Iraq, we were inadequately prepared militarily because we simply did not have the vehicles to save soldiers' lives. We had Snatch Land Rovers, which were deployed because we had nothing else at the...

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Ann Winterton: ...next Government, after the defence review, have to decide what we need as a country because we cannot afford to have it all. My point is that we have ensured that young men and women have served in Iraq and are serving in Afghanistan and while they are in mortal danger, we should do our best to support them with appropriate vehicles and aircraft. In the long term there may be different...

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Ann Winterton: ...tactics for countering the threat from improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, an issue I had raised three years earlier in the House, predicting what would happen based on our experience in Iraq. I pose the following rhetorical question: why did it take three years for the experts to catch up? I begin with the issue of Snatch Land Rovers in Iraq. General Jackson thought that the...

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Ann Winterton: ...is why the present situation has arisen, but I am not accusing anyone. I am just making what I hope will be a jolly good case for change in the future. Just like the Snatch-Warrior combination in Iraq, we recently saw two Mastiffs of the counter-IED team escorting a Brigade Reconnaissance Force convoy of 26 Jackals during Operation Panther's Valour in Afghanistan. The lead Mastiff was...

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Ann Winterton: ...way for people to die. A typical example of using expensive equipment is the use of the Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft, which costs a cool £30,000 an hour to operate. Compare that with the Iraqi's using a Sama CH2000, which can be purchased for about the cost of 12 hours of Nimrod flying and can be operated from theatre, unlike Nimrod, which clocks up massive airframe usage....

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ...the British and NATO, the most powerful alliance in the world". I am sure that everyone agrees with that statement. We cannot spin ourselves out of failure this time as we did when we came out of Iraq. Taking on conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with the wrong equipment—highly technical, sophisticated and very expensive equipment—resulted in the wrong tactics and strategy being...

Business of the House (15 Oct 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ...make a statement on the Territorial Army? The Government have insulted our voluntary army. Having been reassured that it is part of one Army, and having fought side by side with regular soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is now being told although that it can continue to train, it will not be paid until next March. Try that on the retained firefighters!

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ...from the Minister for the Armed Forces convinced me that it will be a miracle if we ever win the war in Afghanistan. It could so easily end in yet another military defeat, perhaps not like in Iraq, where we were virtually shown the door, but through the potential—I stress that word—collapse of support in the United Kingdom as more and more body bags are returned home and people...

Business of the House: Defence in the World (4 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ...reconstruction. Perhaps the changes that may be coming will feed through to quicker, smoother and more effective procurement which will support the needs of troops on the ground. We began badly in Iraq with the Warrior, which had no air conditioning and was hardly ideal for conditions of heat and humidity. Then the Snatch Land Rover was to be replaced by 166 disastrous Vector Pinzgauers....

Business of the House: Defence in the World (4 Jun 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ...predator, whereas the Jackal, by being used for general duties, has now become the prey. I remember a discussion on Radio 1 in which a young Territorial Army private infantry soldier who had just returned from Iraq took on a sergeant who was extolling the Jackal's brilliance by explaining the faults with the vehicle. What listeners were not aware of was that the TA private soldier was in...

Defence Procurement (20 Apr 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ..., Mr. Deputy Speaker, because earlier you asked us not to use jargon. Those vehicles are being used to good effect in today's conflicts, because the Americans have learned from their experience in Iraq and Afghanistan and have changed procurement and tactics rapidly to succeed in the engagements in which their troops are fighting. I wonder whether the UK will follow suit and cancel the...

Royal Assent: Defence in the UK (26 Mar 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ...choices of an incoming Government. No one in this House or the UK doubts for one minute the bravery, determination and skill of our armed forces, but we as a nation have failed in our engagement in Iraq, and although heavily committed in Afghanistan, our forces are struggling from a lack of appropriate equipment, especially protected vehicles and air power. Iraq and Afghanistan are two...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (27 Feb 2009)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed services personnel will be required to undertake a lengthened tour in Iraq so that their departure coincides with the date of UK armed forces withdrawal.

Business of the House: Armed Forces Personnel (29 Jan 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: ..., and the MOD had lost a wonderful opportunity to promote a great military success story. We must face up to the fact that sections of the public are somewhat disenchanted with operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, so it is vitally important to win the information war and change minds here at home in the United Kingdom. The starting point in that process is gaining an understanding of...

Military Vehicle Design (20 Jan 2009)

Ann Winterton: ...statement should be applauded, as far as equipment is concerned, but the same cannot be said with enthusiasm for vehicles, other than the Mastiff and the Ridgback. The circumstances changed in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and the MOD was badly caught out to think that it could replace the Land Rover variants with only the disastrous Pinzgauer Vector, which I understand was the Army's choice....

Written Answers — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles (12 Jan 2009)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Supacat M-WMIK have been supplied to UK armed forces in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; how many of them were armoured to become Jackals in each case; and how many M-WMIKs are operating unarmoured in each country.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (12 Jan 2009)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK armed forces bases have been established in Southern Iraq in each year since 2003; what the (a) location and (b) names of each is; and on which date each was vacated.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (12 Jan 2009)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many attacks of each type have been launched against UK armed forces bases in southern Iraq since 1 May 2003.

Written Answers — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles (15 Dec 2008)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armoured and protected Land Rovers were deployed to Iraq prior to October 2003; what the vehicle classification was in each case; how many of each were deployed; and when each was deployed.

Written Answers — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles (26 Nov 2008)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Jackal vehicles have been damaged beyond repair in service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; (2) how many Warrior vehicles have been damaged beyond repair in (a) Iraq in the last five years and (b) Afghanistan since they were introduced into that country; (3) how many Mastiff vehicles have been damaged beyond repair since their...