Results 1-20 of 60 for iraq speaker:John Baron

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

John Baron: ...thinking. Let me start by briefly making the obvious point that soldiers buy time and space, but politicians must provide the political solution. It was true in Northern Ireland, it is true in Iraq and it will be true in Afghanistan. I urge the Minister and the Government not only to explain to the British electorate what we are doing in Afghanistan, but to use their offices as best they...

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

John Baron: The justification used by Government and others since the war has been varied. We have heard explanations that Iraq is a much better place, and that there was a need for regime change, despite the fact that regime change is illegal under international law. But we cannot get away from the fact that the main justification for war at the time was weapons of mass destruction. It is therefore...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

John Baron: First, I concur with the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright) that it is probably members of the armed forces who served, and who are still serving, in Iraq who want an inquiry more than anyone else. They want to know the answers to certain questions to do with why this country went to war, because they have done everything that we have asked of them. The fault, if there is a fault...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

John Baron: ...been taken, but a precondition was that the then Prime Minister had to persuade a sceptical public that war was needed. That was the importance of the dodgey dossier. In conclusion, speaking from Iraq in June 2007, the Prime Minister said that lessons must be learned on the use of intelligence in the run-up to the war. Almost two years after that, the troops are returning home. Now is the...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Iraq: Weapons (11 Mar 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the 2008 ruling by the Information Tribunal on publication of the John Williams draft of the 2002 Iraq dossier, (1) whether on 9 September 2002 Mr. Williams was (a) present at a meeting and (b) a member of a group tasked with drafting a preliminary document described by that meeting as a 'draft assessment' to be used in the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Members: Correspondence (5 Feb 2009)

John Baron: ...of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Billericay dated 28 October 2008 on the subject of the John Williams draft of the Iraq dossier.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Weapons (24 Nov 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the draft of the Iraq dossier by Mr. John Williams dated 9 September 2002, whether (a) Mr. Williams and (b) any other communications official contributed further drafting material.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Iraq (22 Jul 2008) has video

John Baron: Any escalation in the tension between Iran and Israel will have implications for our troops in Iraq. Given the recent indications that the Israelis are considering a unilateral military strike, can the Prime Minister confirm, once and for all, what the British Government's position would be if such a strike were to occur?

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (9 May 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on whether British personnel taken hostage in Iraq have passed into the custody of Iran's Revolutionary Guard; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (28 Apr 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future role of British forces in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Weapons (1 Apr 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what status annotations made by individuals to the hard copy of the John Williams' draft of the 2002 Iraq dossier had within the drafting process.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Freedom of Information Act (John Williams' Document) (17 Mar 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Williams document of 2002 on Iraq weapons of mass destruction was discussed at a dossier drafting group meeting on the afternoon of 9 September 2002.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Weapons (28 Feb 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which individuals made which annotations on the hard copy of the John Williams draft of the 2002 Iraq dossier.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (19 Feb 2008)

John Baron: Further to that question, given that the Foreign Secretary has been forced to publish the Williams draft of the Iraq dossier, will he now reverse his previous refusal to answer the key questions that his Department has been avoiding during the past three years, including who authorised John Williams to produce the draft, who it was handed to and who commented on it? Otherwise, the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (6 Feb 2008)

John Baron: Now that the Information Commissioner and an information tribunal have instructed the Government to release the John Williams draft of the 2002 Iraq dossier, saying that it could add to what we know about the role that spin doctors played in presenting the case for war and highlighting discrepancies in the evidence produced by the Foreign Office, will the Prime Minister release the document...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Weapons (30 Jan 2008)

John Baron: ...to each document referred to; (2) further to the decision of the Information Tribunal of 22 January 2008, if he will reconsider his Department's decision not to release documents relating to the Iraq dossier passed to and from the Coalition Information Centre in 2002 requested by the hon. Member for Billericay.

Points of Order (14 Jan 2008)

John Baron: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I seek your guidance on a particular matter. During the armed forces personnel debate last Thursday, I was expressing concern about our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq not always getting the kit that they need, when the Minister for the Armed Forces, as reported in Hansard, column 608, used what I consider to be unparliamentary language, which risks showing...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Documents (7 Jan 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the differences between the draft Iraq dossier written by Mr. John Williams dated 9 September 2002 and Mr. John Scarlett's draft of 10 September 2002.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Documents (7 Jan 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1470-1W, on Iraq: documents, whether the copy of the draft sent to Lord Hutton's inquiry was redacted.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Documents (7 Jan 2008)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1470-1W, on Iraq: documents, whether the Government requested the Hutton inquiry not to publish (a) all or (b) part of the draft Iraq dossier.