Results 1-19 of 19 for iraq speaker:Ian Lucas

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Exports: White Phosphorus (12 Nov 2009)

Ian Lucas: ...: Abu Dhabi (part of United Arab Emirates) Afghanistan Australia Bermuda Brazil Brunei Canada Cyprus Denmark Estonia Germany Greenland Honduras Hong Kong Special Administrative Region India Iraq Irish Republic Israel Italy Jordan South Korea Kuwait Latvia Lithuania New Zealand Norway Pakistan Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Mabey and Johnson: Export Credit Guarantees (26 Oct 2009)

Ian Lucas: ...of the contracts listed as follows involving Mabey and Johnson since 1985. The exports were for steel bridges and flyovers. Country ECGD's original maximum liability (million) 1985 Iraq £4.59 1987 Indonesia US$24.02 1991 Indonesia £6.00 1992 Ghana £16.46 1996 Philippines £23.56 1997 Panama US$36.3 1999 Philippines (1)JPY...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Iraq (23 Jun 2009)

Ian Lucas: ...permanent positions in Baghdad, consisting of one UK based officer and two locally engaged staff. Alongside the full time staff allocation, UKTI is currently employing two business consultants in Iraq on contracts that run through to the end of July and August 2009. Currently there are no civil servants from this Department based in Basra. However the situation is currently being reviewed....

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (16 Jan 2007)

Ian Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the political situation in Iraq.

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] — Iraq (31 Oct 2006)

Ian Lucas: ...during the months leading up to the decision to commit troops, and therefore followed every word that he said and set great store by it. About two years after we decided to commit troops to Iraq, I attended a meeting addressed by Hans Blix in this House and was struck by what he had to say. He told us that in March 2003 it was his belief that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Before...

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] — Iraq (31 Oct 2006)

Ian Lucas: ...that the Government amendment refers to declining "at this time" to have an inquiry. I will support their amendment. Opposition Members are using the motion to obsess about the past at a time when Iraq is in a position of crisis. Last week, many of my colleagues and I heard the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, Barham Salih, address members of the parliamentary Labour party. I am sure that he...

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] — Iraq (31 Oct 2006)

Ian Lucas: ...to give way to me, no doubt because he was frit. Opposition Members are cynical opportunists who are exploiting the motion for cynical political ends. They should be addressing the position in Iraq today. They should be looking at the future of Iraq and listening to the elected representatives in Iraq who are saying, "We need your help—give it." Let us stop obsessing about the past...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Nuclear Deterrent (24 Jul 2006)

Ian Lucas: ...s commitment to holding a vote on this extremely important issue; they are not being given sufficient credit for that, just as they were not given sufficient credit for holding a vote on the war in Iraq. We need an informed debate, however, and one of its most important aspects will be the nature of the security threat that this country will face, which will be very different from those...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (21 Jun 2005)

Ian Lucas: What recent discussions he has had with the Iraqi Government concerning security in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (21 Jun 2005)

Ian Lucas: I am most grateful to my right hon. Friend for that detailed reply. The whole House is concerned about the reported continuing high levels of violence in Iraq. What reassurance can he give me that the situation is navigable? Is real progress being made and what role are British troops playing in that progress?

Business of the House (17 Mar 2005)

Mr Ian Lucas: ...anniversary of the bombing of Halabja in Kurdistan? Appalling images were shown of the effect of nerve gas on women and children. Does he appreciate that some of us who voted against the war in Iraq welcome the elections that have taken place and the fact that the Iraqi Parliament has met, and do not indulge in pointless exercises to chase headlines in The Western Mail?

Army Restructuring (Wales) (1 Feb 2005)

Mr Ian Lucas: Anyone who witnessed the regiment marching through Wrexham only last year on returning from its tour of duty in Iraq will be aware of the strength of support in the town for the regiment and its base, and how that will affect the future of the regiment. I have heard again and again from officers in the regiment about the importance of those local ties.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Ian Lucas: What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the United Nations concerning its future role in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Ian Lucas: ...the Minister for his reply, but does he agree that to achieve the sort of legitimacy that will create the environment for free and fair elections, the United Nations must have a leading role within Iraq? Only then can elections take place and the Iraqi people have some confidence in the governing structures.

Iraq (12 May 2003)

Mr Ian Lucas: Is my right hon. Friend aware of early-day motion 946, signed by 106 hon. Members, which calls for the reconstruction of Iraq to be built on the broadest possible base? Does he accept that that can be achieved only by securing for the United Nations a leading role in the reconstruction of Iraq? Will he agree to include that amendment to the draft resolution?

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British-German Relations (25 Mar 2003)

Mr Ian Lucas: Does my hon. Friend agree that it is extremely important that at this stage we work very closely with our German friends in putting together a new UN resolution on Iraq? I hope that we will move away from the rhetoric that has characterised much of the discussion of our European partners in the past week. We must rebuild the UN consensus, and could not our relationship with Germany be at the...

Iraq (3 Feb 2003)

Mr Ian Lucas: Will the Prime Minister please confirm that he will support military action against Iraq only if the UN weapons inspectors certify that there is a continuing material breach of UN resolution 1441?

Broadcasting (Wales) (21 Jan 2003)

Mr Ian Lucas: ...communities. When I wrote to the local newspaper, my letter produced a flood of correspondence by constituency standards. I have received more letters on that subject than on the issue of war with Iraq. There is a definite demand in my constituency for the type of service that it currently lacks. The BBC also told me that there is sufficient local news on Radio Wales for the people of...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Iraq (15 Oct 2002)

Mr Ian Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much grant was paid to subsidise the retail cost of the report of an Inquiry into the export of defence equipment and dual-use goods to Iraq and related prosecutions.