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Standards and Privileges (23 Jul 2007) has video

George Young: ...I became a Committee member. The hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow has asserted that since he has "been cleared of taking a single penny or in any way personally benefiting from the former Iraqi regime" the complaint should fail. What the commissioner actually said—and what the Committee endorsed—was that no evidence had emerged from the inquiry that shows whether the hon....

Orders of the Day: House of Lords Reform (7 Mar 2007)

George Young: ...govern the country would be lost if the franchise were extended. The good folk of other countries that used to be behind the iron curtain but are now democracies—or, indeed, the good folk of Iraq and Afghanistan—might be surprised to learn that we regard it as a matter of controversy that people should elect those who govern them. This reform is long overdue and, when it has...

Business of the House (18 Jan 2007)

George Young: Turning to next Thursday's debate on Afghanistan and Iraq, would it not be appropriate for the Secretary of State for Wales to speak from the Dispatch Box? Do not his views, as set out in today's New Statesman, more accurately reflect those of Labour Members than the Foreign Secretary's views do?

Business of the House (12 Oct 2006)

George Young: The Leader of the House told the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath) a moment ago that the House had many opportunities to debate Afghanistan and Iraq. Does he agree that the situation there has sadly deteriorated since we rose for the summer recess? Would it not be appropriate to have a whole-day debate in Government time on this matter, instead of a debate about whether we...

Business of the House (25 May 2006)

George Young: May we have a debate in Government time before the summer recess on Iraq and Afghanistan, where the position remains difficult? It is some time since we had a proper debate on that subject. Will the Leader of the House arrange for the Prime Minister to introduce the debate and the Foreign Secretary to wind it up on the Adjournment so that the Government can take the mood of the House?

Public Corporations (20 Jul 2004)

Sir George Young: ...his choice of subject. He might not get the coverage that he deserves in tomorrow's press because of rival attractions—indeed, we might be asked what we were doing when the House was debating Iraq, and the answer will be that we were debating definitions of public expenditure. However, as my hon. Friend said, the topic is important because the Government have set themselves standards...

Business of the House (13 May 2004)

Sir George Young: ...the Leader of the House to reflect on his rather dismissive response to my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald), who asked for a full-day's debate in Government time on Iraq. Of course we welcome a half-day Opposition debate on Monday, when two or three Opposition Back Benchers might get called, and of course we welcome the statements that have been made. But...

Iraq (Humanitarian Situation) (3 Jul 2003)

Sir George Young: ...from relief to disillusionment and now—worryingly—to resentment. Will the Minister share with the House the strategy that exists to win back the hearts and minds of ordinary people in Iraq?

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Sir George Young: ...technology can provide, and working at a time when many of the barriers that used to divide the world have come down—yet they have failed, with the inevitable apocalyptic consequences for Iraq. First, those close to Iraq—those who may take a different view from that of the United States and the United Kingdom—have totally failed to convince Saddam that his country and his...

Business of the House (5 Nov 1998)

Sir George Young: ...has been handled? Although I am disappointed that the right hon. Lady has not found time for a foreign affairs debate, will she undertake to keep the House in the picture, if events in Kosovo or Iraq take an unexpected turn for the worse?

Territorial Army (18 May 1998)

Sir George Young: .... The strategic defence review will take us up to 2015—17 years ahead. We only need to look back 17 years to 1981 to appreciate what we did not foresee at that time—the Falklands, Iraq and Bosnia, to name but three major demands on the armed forces. The record of forecasting military conflict is not good. There is a hint that there will be no need to call out complete units...

Iraq (17 Feb 1998)

Sir George Young: ...the politicians, and for our troops, if the time comes, clarity of military objective. Those who have followed the crisis from the beginning will have been concerned by the absence of answers from Iraq to some basic questions. If, as he claims, Saddam Hussein is not in the business of producing weapons of mass destruction, why the resistance to the work of UNSCOM, to which he originally...

Iraq (17 Feb 1998)

Sir George Young: ..., will the Secretary of State also clarify exactly where we are with the further Security Council resolution, which the Government felt was desirable and were brokering last week, which declares Iraq to be in material breach? I understand that the Government plan to accept the Opposition's amendment. If that is the case, it is welcome news and shows unanimity on this crucial subject. It...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Joint Military Action (United States) (9 Feb 1998)

Sir George Young: ...the Secretary of State referred, and join him in wishing a speedy recovery to the Minister for the Armed Forces following his operation. Our armed forces face the possibility of conflict with Iraq. The right hon. Gentleman knows that the Opposition strongly support the Government's robust approach—even if all their supporters cannot. The responsibility for any action rests with...

Defence Policy (27 Oct 1997)

Sir George Young: ...State: our armed forces have had a good summer. The Army has helped to keep the peace in Bosnia, arresting suspected war criminals. The RAF has been enforcing the air exclusion zone over northern Iraq, and our Navy has brought aid to the stricken island of Montserrat—but three varied examples of the tasks that we expect of our armed forces today. They remain a respected, disciplined,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment (30 Jan 1991)

Sir George Young: ...the Environment cannot be present in the House today as he is representing the United Kingdom at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Paris. So far, there is no firm evidence of damage done to Iraq, although there is speculation about two buildings in Baghdad. Iraq has caused substantial damage by the wholesale looting of the national museum in Kuwait City, and it inflicted considerable...