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

Colin Challen: As we withdraw our troops from Iraq—I look forward to the complete withdrawal of all our troops—can we invest more in rebuilding Iraq and attracting back the many hundreds of thousands of professionals who have become part of the Iraqi diaspora, namely, the engineers, the teachers and others who are desperately needed to rebuild that benighted country?

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

Colin Challen: Will the right hon. Gentleman accept it from me, as someone who voted against the invasion of Iraq in 2003, that I would welcome an inquiry? However, I do not support a seedy, narrowly focused inquiry with partisan intent, designed to embarrass the Government, but an inquiry that examines the history of our involvement in Iraq over many decades, and will reveal the duplicity of the west in...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (16 Jan 2006)

Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice his Department has given to the Iraq Oil Ministry on the introduction of production sharing agreements.

Business of the House (16 Sep 2004)

Mr Colin Challen: Whatever the arguments about the legality of the war in Iraq, and clearly there are serious arguments—the Secretary-General believes that it was illegal—I believe that the joint United States-United Kingdom resolution that was unanimously supported in June in the Security Council legalises the current position. In an early draft of that, it spoke of affirming the importance of the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (5 Feb 2004)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any British companies bidding for reconstruction work in Iraq have been blacklisted under the United States Iran-Libya Sanctions Act 1996.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (3 Feb 2004)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria were used to select British companies to carry out reconstruction work in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total value is of (a) contracts so far issued to British companies working on the reconstruction of Iraq and (b) contracts expected to be issued in the next six months.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (19 Jan 2004)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which British companies have won contracts to assist in the reconstruction of Iraq, broken down by type of service or project provided.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Iraq (17 Dec 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: First, I pay tribute to the work of my right hon. Friend's Department in the reconstruction of Iraq. As he will know, the Environment Ministry in Iraq is brand new and is a rather novel concept. What aid and support can his Department give that Ministry to ensure that it is not on the margins in the new Iraqi Administration?

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (19 Nov 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what assessment his Department has made of the need for environmental improvements in Iraq; (2) what support his Department is giving to the Minister for the Environment in Iraq.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (19 Nov 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what advisers have been appointed by Coalition members to support the work of the Minister for the Environment in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (17 Sep 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what timetable is planned for elections in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (1 May 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations his Department has received from the Committee for the Release of Hostages and Detainees in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (1 May 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the number of political detainees in Iraq still incarcerated in prisons and detention centres; and what steps his Department is taking to secure their release.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (10 Mar 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: To ask the Prime Minister if it is the policy of the Government that the second United Nations resolution on the Iraq crisis will invoke Article 42 of the United Nations Charter.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (4 Mar 2003)

Mr Colin Challen: ...Affairs what evidence there is to support his statement, 26 February 2003, Official Report, column 270, that the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 authorises the use of force against Iraq.