Results 1-15 of 15 for iraq speaker:Eric Joyce

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Race Equality (12 Mar 2009)

Eric Joyce: ...in racial equality issues is pretty clear about all that. The events of a couple of days ago were interesting. Some people protested very loudly when a battalion that had just returned from Iraq marched through their town. From the media coverage—I do not blame the media for this—it was easy to get the impression that this was essentially a racial equality issue, but that was...

Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day]: Military Covenant (12 Dec 2007) has video

Eric Joyce: ...fact that he was a paid director of Colt Defence, Siboney Ltd, Sciens Capital, and Rothschild; or that Field Marshall Inge mentioned that he was a paid director of Aegis, which clearly has interests in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. They are excellent companies, by the way, and I know that they will be very excited and pleased to see themselves referred to in this place today. Lord Boyce...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Defence Policy (16 Oct 2007) has video

Eric Joyce: ...cited the case study of a woman and her family who literally camped out for several days to get a house, because they were required to spend 22 of every 24 hours in the queue. Her husband was in Iraq, and in order to succeed—the price had not been confirmed—they had to queue up. Perhaps the Minister will comment on that when he winds up. Although this issue is not the MOD's...

Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (11 Jun 2007)

Eric Joyce: I have been listening very carefully to the hon. Gentleman. If there were a contemporaneous inquiry, does he not think that, if he were a soldier or officer posted in Iraq who had also been there on previous tours, his mind might be on that inquiry, rather than on his current operations? Would such an inquiry therefore not be a profoundly bad idea?

Orders of the Day — Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill — Order for Second Reading read. — [Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.] (21 Oct 2005)

Eric Joyce: ...hon. Gentleman's argument, but one in particular. There was a vote—in fact, there were three, as the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray) said—before taking military action in Iraq. Why does that vote not affect his view of the legitimacy of that conflict? [Interruption.]

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: ...'s spokesperson on international development, was looking rather concerned. Perhaps she was wondering whether she could make any meaningful interventions in a debate on the military situation in Iraq.

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: This is a debate on the military situation in Iraq, and I thought that the hon. Lady was looking rather concerned that she would be unable to participate. Fair comment has been made, so let us move on. The Opposition's problem is that basically they do not have a meaningful critique of Government policy. They broadly agree with the Government's position and their actions. They think that...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: I wholeheartedly agree with the general assessment that more troops needed to be deployed in Iraq in current circumstances. The commander on the ground asked for extra troops, and that is exactly what he got. The previous troop level satisfied his earlier assessment. It is terribly important, as the hon. Gentleman will know, that the commanders on the ground state the troop...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: ...political opportunism, but I sometimes detect a bit too much of it from the Opposition Benches. It is not difficult to see that the Opposition tend to criticise what is happening on the ground in Iraq while desperately avoiding being critical of a Republican Administration. They want to criticise the situation in Iraq, but not a Republican Administration for whose policies they no doubt...

Written Answers — Minister for Women: Women in Iraq (5 Jun 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: To ask the Minister for Women what action she is taking to promote the role of women in the governance of Iraq.

Defence in the World (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: ...it. I have been listening to this debate and, over the past weeks and months, to other similar debates. I thought that I would label one or two of the generic arguments that have been applied to Iraq and the possible military action. Hopefully, it will not take place. The hon. Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer), who spoke very well, said that he hoped that it would not come to that. Some...

Defence in the World (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: ...my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Singh), which could be called the "others" argument. If we are not dealing with all the other problems in the world, why should we deal with the Iraq problem? That is the most ludicrous shift imaginable. Of course, there are many problems in the world, such as those in Palestine and Kashmir, but the idea that we should not therefore deal...

Defence in the World (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: ...Saddam Hussein probably does pose such a threat, but it is not necessarily the most serious threat—that may come from North Korea or another country that has already acquired nuclear weapons. Iraq does not have such weapons, and—if Members will excuse the use of a word to which some of them object—we want to pre-empt acquisition because, once it has them, there is much...

Defence in the World (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Eric Joyce: ...to stall and do nothing, but that would simply increase the risk. I shall conclude my remarks, as I only have about a minute left. There is no question but that all of us want to see this whole Iraq business concluded without military action, but the fact is that there is a significant threat—I think that it is beyond serious doubt—and it has to be neutralised. Of course,...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (16 Apr 2002)

Mr Eric Joyce: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration about Iraq.