Results 1-11 of 11 for iraq speaker:John Pugh

Royal Assent: Christmas Adjournment (19 Dec 2006)

John Pugh: ...of good governance world wide; it gives succour to the Mugabes and the Burmas about whom we constantly complain and gives credibility to their offensive rhetoric; and, like the illegal invasion of Iraq, it renders hostile propaganda plausible and thereby weakens us. Just as in an individual's life there may be no conflict between the path of virtue and the road to happiness, there may be...

Public Bill Committee: Electoral Administration Bill: Clause 23 - Description of independent candidates (15 Nov 2005)

John Pugh: ...;and they do not seem to be precluded from using the campaign theme of the moment. They can almost turn the election into a referendum. For instance, if candidates who described themselves as ''Stop the Iraq War'' were standing at a particularly volatile time, people might take their candidature as a verdict on the war rather than a question of who would most properly represent them. With...

Iraq (17 May 2004)

Mr John Pugh: ...had to do so another year. That did not seem to be predicated on whether he had weapons of mass destruction; it seemed to insinuate that, since he was Saddam Hussein, at some time we would invade Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (9 Jun 2003)

Mr John Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether extended SCUD missiles have been found in post-war Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (9 Jun 2003)

Mr John Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the questions asked by the hon. Member for Southport on 8 May about specific details in the Government's dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction as laid before the House on 24 September 2002 will be answered; and what is delaying a response.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (9 Jun 2003)

Mr John Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 14 April 2003, Official Report, column 615–17, on Iraq and the Middle East, how many of the possible sites for weapons of mass destruction have (a) been visited and (b) not been visited; what reasons have prevented sites being visited and inspected; and whether the list has been shared with the UN...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (3 Jun 2003)

Mr John Pugh: ...Plant, (b) the Al Dawrah Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Institute, (c) Project Baiji at Al Shargat and (laid before the House on 24th d) the Ibn Sia plant at Tarmizah, referred to in the document 'Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction' September 2002, have been inspected subsequent to the conflict.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (29 Apr 2003)

Mr John Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the sites in Iraq and their locations which were mentioned by the Prime Minister in his statement to the House of 14th April (a) where searches have been begun for chemical or biological weapons and (b) which are possible sites for weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq (13 Feb 2003)

Mr John Pugh: In the Foreign Secretary's statement, we heard the line: "The central premise of Iraq's so-called disclosure—that Iraq possesses no weapons of mass destruction—was . . . a lie." Does the Foreign Secretary either know or believe that Saddam Hussein has a working nuclear device?

Written Answers — Home Department: Refugees (4 Feb 2003)

Mr John Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether contingency plans are being drawn up to cope with (a) an influx into the UK and (b) an exodus from Iraq of refugees following war in the middle east.

Public Bill Committee: Local Government Bill: Clause 26 - Minimum reserves (30 Jan 2003)

Mr John Pugh: ...of spend, increasing capitalisation or even making cuts—but there are circumstances in which reserves may legitimately be reduced. The Government's reserves will reduce if we start a war in Iraq, that being the sort of occasion on which reserves are substantially reduced. The Bill seems to say, however, not that reserves should be varied rationally and prudently—I would agree...