Results 1-20 of 108 for iraq speaker:Patrick Mercer

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...whom I was looking after, meant that that particular bloke was all right. Well, he was not. Let me go on to give another example. In January 2006, in a mess hall of the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, just outside Baghdad, someone who was allegedly an Iraqi policeman came into the mess hall with a 100 lb device contained in webbing about his body and blew himself to pieces. He killed 17...

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

Patrick Mercer: I am most grateful to the Foreign Secretary. The Chief of the General Staff has made clear in the newspapers this morning that there were not enough troops to dedicate to Iraq, and that, even if there had been, the political will would not have been there. Will the Foreign Secretary guarantee that the balance of our fighting power, how and when it is deployed, and the mistakes that were made...

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

Patrick Mercer: Does my hon. Friend agree that the filling of British commitments by United States forces probably dates back to that best-kept secret of the Iraq campaign, the so-called Najaf gap of 2006, when the previous Prime Minister promised to fill the gap left by the withdrawing Spanish garrison, but never fulfilled that promise?

Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video

Patrick Mercer: ...time that the groups of two, three or four in which we have seen our enemies operating most recently start to operate in dozens, with two operational theatres being manned by our special forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and the crippling manpower problems faced by the Army at the moment, we will not have enough specialist forces developed, trained and easily deployed. The facilities are not...

Written Answers — Defence: Territorial Army: Pay (10 Dec 2008)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much back pay was owing to Territorial Army soldiers who have undertaken active service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan at the latest date for which figures are available; what steps are being taken to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles (9 Dec 2008)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armoured or protected Land Rovers of each type were deployed to Iraq prior to October 2003; and when they were deployed.

Afghanistan (29 Oct 2008)

Patrick Mercer: ...Frank Kitson's books or Robert Thompson's books, based on the British and American experiences of counter-insurgency. I was surprised, therefore, after Baghdad fell, when I spent some time on the Iraq-Iran border at a relatively benign time, to be told by the locals, "Listen, get your reconstruction right, because if you don't, you're going to have a Shi'a uprising, you just are. Iran is...

Topical Debate: Defence Procurement (19 Jun 2008) has video

Patrick Mercer: ...are all that the military—the Army, in particular—have got. I understand that this is a difficult equation, but could the Minister assure us that Snatch will be taken from service in Iraq and Afghanistan as soon as is humanly possible?

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Deployment (2 Jun 2008)

Patrick Mercer: ...was of (a) 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, (b) 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and (c) The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland before deployment to Iraq; what the strength on deployment of each unit is; how many reinforcements each received from (i) the regular Army, (ii) the Territorial Army and (iii) the regular Army Reserves; and how many of...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Deployment (2 Jun 2008)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many troops from 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery have been sent to Afghanistan; and whether he plans to transfer these troops to Iraq to rejoin their regiment.

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

Patrick Mercer: ...camp guards. That is the power of propaganda and the twisted perception of our enemies. What is the modern equivalent of that? Look at the way Abu Musab al-Zarqawi conducted his operations in Iraq. When a C-130 fell from the sky—as far as I know not brought down by enemy fire—the international media almost immediately had pictures not just of the aircraft on the ground but the...

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (25 Mar 2008) has video

Patrick Mercer: ...staff course—was set up at the Joint Forces Staff college. It studied campaign planning, and many of the senior officers and civil servants who tried to make decisions about the invasion of Iraq had been on it. I know that they looked carefully at a module covering the Marshall plan, and at what would happen after the fighting finished. Why was their advice ignored, and should we not...

Written Answers — International Development: Stabilisation Unit (5 Mar 2008)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many people have been deployed by the Stabilisation Unit in (a) Nepal, (b) Iraq, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Lebanon and (e) Sudan.

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Manpower (18 Feb 2008)

Patrick Mercer: ...of Lancaster's Regiment, (e) 1(st) Battalion The Mercian Regiment, (f) D Battery, 3(rd) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and (g) K Battery, 5(th) Regiment Royal Artillery prior to deployment to Iraq; what the deployable strength of each battalion is; and how many of all ranks are physically unfit to deploy.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (4 Feb 2008)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what major combat units are operating in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Manpower (30 Jan 2008)

Patrick Mercer: ...establishment was of the (a) 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh, (b) 1st Battalion Irish Guards, (c) 4th Battalion The Rifles and (d) 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery before its deployment to Iraq; what the strength was of the battalion on deployment; how many reinforcements to the battalion were received from (i) the regular Army, (ii) the Territorial Army and (iii) the regular Army...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (21 Jan 2008) has video

Patrick Mercer: Can the Secretary of State explain why every British combat unit currently serving in Iraq is seriously under strength?

Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day]: Military Covenant (12 Dec 2007) has video

Patrick Mercer: ...done so already. Some 18 months ago, the 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment, now scrapped and turned into something call the Mercian Regiment—excuse the curl of my lip—deployed to Iraq one rifle company strong, with another company that was capable of driving and manning its Warrior armoured vehicles. That was all: the unit was not combat-effective when it deployed. We...

Business of the House (28 Jun 2007) has video

Patrick Mercer: The Leader of the House cannot have failed to notice that another three soldiers have been murdered and several others injured this morning in Iraq. I do not know whether it is the case, but a device such as that which has killed those young men and injured others probably has the hand of Iran behind it. May we have a full and clear debate on Iran's murderous interventions in Iraq and a clear...

[Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] — Iran (External Involvement) (23 May 2007)

Patrick Mercer: ...enrichment, or to talk in any great detail about the eye-catching events of the past few weeks, such as the debacle in the waterway off the Shatt al-Arab, and whether Prince Harry should serve in Iraq and perhaps expose himself to the threat from Iranian weapons. I shall concentrate on the issue of the day: the fact that on a minute-to-minute basis, we are losing soldiers, primarily, and...