Results 1-12 of 12 for iraq speaker:Richard Bacon

Opposition Day — [6th Allotted Day]: British Agriculture and Food Labelling (24 Feb 2009) has video

Richard Bacon: ...said, it is notoriously true—of both lawyers and economists—that if someone cannot get the advice that they want, they should find a new lawyer. That is what the Government did over the Iraq war, so why can they not do it over food labelling? They should find the right advice, get in the lead and push hard in the European Commission. There is now much more support for such...

Bills Presented: Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship (14 Jan 2009) has video

Richard Bacon: Speaking as someone who voted against the Iraq war, I am familiar with the Conservative Members who did so, and there were not many of them. Is my hon. Friend saying that he voted against the war?

Bills Presented: Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship (14 Jan 2009) has video

Richard Bacon: ...for the speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesham (Mr. Holloway). My hon. Friend the Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray) said he thought that things were undoubtedly better in Iraq as a result of the military intervention. Does he think that they are better for women, or worse? Does he think that they are better for Christians, or worse?

House of Commons Members' Fund (Custodian Trustee): Public Accounts (23 Oct 2007)

Richard Bacon: ...high-profile case that the Committee considered—a typical IT project that had gone wrong. I am sad to say that that Minister resigned, because he had the wisdom to vote the right way on the Iraq war—that is to say, against—and he could not do that and support the Government policy of the day. I am glad to say that his career has been restored now; he is actually in the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (19 Jul 2004)

Mr Richard Bacon: If he will make a statement on the current situation in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Sudan (14 Jul 2004)

Mr Richard Bacon: Given the intense diplomatic activity of the Government and the UN Security Council in relation to Iraq, were we not entitled to expect more intense activity and pressure from the Government and the Security Council in relation to what is going on in western Sudan? When can we expect a robust UN Security Council resolution on the issue?

Public Accounts (29 Jun 2004)

Mr Richard Bacon: ...one gets from a Minister or computer contractor. Sometimes the failure is not quite so obvious to the pubic at large, but it usually comes out in the end. In Operation Telic, the UK's military operation in Iraq, when containers arrived with equipment for our armed forces in Kuwait and platoons of soldiers started to break into the containers to see what was in them and to obtain the kit...

Department for International Development: Iraq (28 Jan 2004)

Mr Richard Bacon: If he will make a statement on the progress of reconstruction in Iraq.

Department for International Development: Iraq (28 Jan 2004)

Mr Richard Bacon: Given the many warnings beforehand of what would happen following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, why did the National Audit Office team visiting Iraq find that plans to co-ordinate the civilian response following the armed intervention were not well developed?

Biofuels (15 Oct 2003)

Mr Richard Bacon: ...of energy security presupposes more than one source, even for one type of energy supply. For example, we should not be dependent on imported oil only from the middle east and countries such as Iraq, Iran or Saudi Arabia. We should also be able to depend on imports from Latin America, Russia, Alaska and so on. Energy security also requires diversity of types of supply, not just oil or...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Ukraine (6 May 2003)

Mr Richard Bacon: I thank the Minister for his reply. There are serious concerns about possible arms exports from Ukraine to Iraq, allegations of money laundering and the murder of prominent journalists. If Ukraine is to be led along a path towards internationally accepted norms, does he agree that nothing should be done to make it more difficult for it to trade with its neighbours following the accession of...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (25 Mar 2003)

Mr Richard Bacon: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the situation in Iraq.