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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

David Cameron: ...been made on getting more Chinooks to theatre? He said in his statement that the "first Merlin helicopters" will be deployed in the next two weeks. Can he assure the House that all six Merlins from Iraq will be in Afghanistan by the end of the year, as he promised? We welcome the delivery of the new Ridgback and Mastiff armoured vehicles, but, according to yesterday's Public Accounts...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Oct 2009) has video

David Cameron: ...Afghanistan in a moment, but I want to ask the Prime Minister a specific question about the Territorial Army, an organisation that plays a vital role in our armed forces and has lost many people in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have had a specific case of a serving officer who is due to go to Afghanistan in October 2010. He has been told that of the training days that he should have between now...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 Jun 2009) has video

David Cameron: ...to the families of Jason Swindlehurst and Jason Creswell at their loss. The Prime Minister knows that he has our full support in all the efforts being made to free the remaining hostages in Iraq. Last week, the Prime Minister told the House: "Capital expenditure will grow until the year of the Olympics." The Government's own figures show that that is just not the case. Will he take this...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: European Council (23 Jun 2009)

David Cameron: ...us would like to see. Less than a fortnight ago, the Prime Minister promised a new era of openness and democratic accountability, yet in the last week he has tried to sneak through a secret inquiry into Iraq, deny the British people a say on the European constitution and avoid a debate in Parliament on the new protocols that have been agreed in Brussels. If he really believes in openness...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (17 Jun 2009) has video

David Cameron: ...of the Prime Minister. His problem is that he is not straight with people. He was not straight over the cancelled election; he was not straight over the 10p tax; he was not straight over flying to Iraq during the Tory conference; he was not straight over Damian McBride; he was not straight about who he wanted as his Chancellor; and now he will not be straight with people about the level of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Iraq (15 Jun 2009) has video

David Cameron: I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Lieutenant Paul Mervis and Private Robert McLaren, who have been killed in Afghanistan in the last few days. In the course of the Iraq conflict, 179 British servicemen and women lost their lives. They came from all three services: the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, and their number also included one Ministry of Defence civilian. Of course, the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Iraq (18 Dec 2008) has video

David Cameron: ...Aaron Lewis, who was also killed. Our thoughts should be with their families and friends, particularly at this time of Christmas. Everyone, and not least the families of those still serving in Iraq, will welcome today's announcement on troop withdrawal. As I have seen for myself in Iraq and elsewhere, our forces always carry out the tasks that are assigned to them with professionalism and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: EU Council/Afghanistan, India and Pakistan (15 Dec 2008) has video

David Cameron: ...loss at this time of year, but it should remind us of the bravery our troops show every day of the year. Let me deal with the Prime Minister's visits first. On Afghanistan, one of the lessons of Iraq was that the Government must give clear and frank assessments of what is happening on the ground. Does he agree that there are real causes for concern? The Taliban are operating closer and...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (3 Dec 2008) has video

David Cameron: We support the excellent work of our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and I would like to pay tribute to the two Royal Marines who were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, Marine Tony Evans and Marine Georgie Sparks. We should remember once again all those whose names have been read out in this place over the last year, and what they have done to serve our country. In Iraq, we support the...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (3 Dec 2008) has video

David Cameron: ..., and that they will believe it when he tells them that all the problems come from America. The Prime Minister thinks that British people are stupid, or that they do not see through him when he wanders off to Iraq to visit the troops in the middle of a Tory conference. However, he has to realise that if he takes people for fools, they will never take him for their Prime Minister. A proper...

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

David Cameron: I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. Is not the absolutely clear message that should go out from across this House that the British armed forces who have served in Iraq and are still serving there are doing, and have done, an incredible job in difficult circumstances? When sitting in the back of one of those transport planes in Basra, you meet people who have been to Iraq three...

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

David Cameron: ...are already coping with the consequence of overstretch and who deserve the very best treatment—not spinning over numbers and announcements? Can the Prime Minister clear up one wider issue on Iraq? The UN mandate for our presence there expires in December, and the Iraqi Government are not seeking a fresh UN mandate. In his statement, the Prime Minister mentioned seeking a fresh legal...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Jun 2008) has video

David Cameron: ..., who are too terrified to use them. It is now six months since the Prime Minister made a full statement in the House about Afghanistan. Does he not agree with me that one of the lessons from Iraq is that it is only by being candid and frank, and by giving regular updates, that we can take the British people with us in this vital task?

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: National Security Strategy (19 Mar 2008) has video

David Cameron: ...when necessary, as the strategy says, but we must understand that military operations abroad have consequences for security at home. As the Joint Intelligence Committee warned, our interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, which we supported, increase in the short term the threat of terrorism domestically in the UK, yet we have to ask whether all the necessary action was taken domestically at...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Nov 2007) has video

David Cameron: ...Prime Minister in paying tribute to Captain John McDermid, who was killed in Afghanistan last Wednesday, and to the two service personnel who were killed when their RAF Puma helicopter was lost in Iraq last night. They all died serving our country. I also join the Prime Minister in congratulating the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their diamond jubilee. They have had a remarkable life...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (6 Nov 2007)

David Cameron: ...to collaborate." No wonder he decided to opt for the comparative safety of east Jerusalem. As we meet at the start of this Parliament, it is right that we should pay tribute to our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. This goes beyond party. All Members of the House, whether or not they supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, know that our troops are a huge source of pride to everyone in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Iraq (8 Oct 2007)

David Cameron: ...s statement? I hope that he will agree that statements on our troops should always be made in the House of Commons. I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to the 25 servicemen who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since we last met. We owe them and their families a huge debt for their professionalism, courage and sacrifice. The whole country will welcome the fact that more of our...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Jul 2007)

David Cameron: ...Minister in sending my condolences to the families of Lance-Corporal Timothy Flowers and Senior Aircraftsmen Matthew Caulwell, Christopher Dunsmore and Peter McFerran, all of whom were killed in Iraq. Their deaths are a reminder of the daily sacrifices that our young men and women are making on our behalf, and we honour their memory. I join the Prime Minister and the hon. Member for...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Constitutional Reform (3 Jul 2007)

David Cameron: ...have done more than any other Government in living memory to destroy trust in politics. He says he wants to get to the truth. In that case, I have to ask him why he opposes holding an inquiry into Iraq where, above all, we must get to the truth. That is why, when it comes to restoring trust in politics, we simply do not see that the Prime Minister can be the change this country needs. Let...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (27 Jun 2007) has video

David Cameron: I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Major Paul Harding, Corporal John Rigby and Drummer Thomas Wright, who died serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think that the Prime Minister was absolutely right to put on record once again the huge debt that we all owe to our armed forces. Their professionalism, courage and heroism is a constant source of inspiration and pride...