Results 1-20 of 25 for iraq speaker:Andrew Turner

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (23 Feb 2009)

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Transport (23 Nov 2006)

Andrew Turner: .... They are just as needy as pensioners on the mainland. I hope that the Minister will bear that in mind when he introduces the measure on concessionary fares. I should like to concentrate mainly on Iraq and its impact on domestic terrorism, although the right hon. Member for Oldham, West and Royton (Mr. Meacher) and my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) have stolen some...

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Transport (23 Nov 2006)

Andrew Turner: ...Members, and perhaps some of their own Back Benchers, of the veracity of their evidence is the lack of veracity in the evidence presented by the Prime Minister in this place over our involvement in Iraq? The Prime Minister has lost trust, and that is why we find it hard to trust Government members?

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq/Afghanistan (26 Oct 2006)

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British servicemen have been killed in the (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan conflict; and how many representatives of British servicemen's families bereaved in each conflict (i) he has met and (ii) Ministers have met on his behalf or on behalf of the Government.

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] — Middle East (11 Oct 2006)

Andrew Turner: ...under attack. I supported the invasion of Afghanistan to remove the Taliban and to root out the command structure of al-Qaeda—I do not resile from that support—but then we moved on to Iraq. Many better people than I opposed that intervention. Indeed, many better people than I supported it. I voted against the war, principally because I did not believe the Prime Minister and his...

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] — Middle East (11 Oct 2006)

Andrew Turner: I am grateful to my hon. Friend. In a similar way I condemn the Palestinians and their supporters for using those children as human shields, as has also happened in Afghanistan and Iraq. There seems to be a significant difference of view of the value of human life between Muslims and Christians and Jews. That is a cultural difference with which we must cope. I am deeply and gravely concerned...

Orders of the Day: Adjournment (Summer Recess) (25 Jul 2006)

Andrew Turner: ...since the Suez crisis 50 years ago—largely as a result of the Prime Minister behaving like Mr. Bush's poodle and as a result of his frankly ridiculous stories about why we should invade Iraq, stories that, I am pleased to say, some Opposition Members did not believe. We are now in the terrible position of apparently simply parroting the words of Mr. Bush. Last week the Minister for...

Public Bill Committee: National Lottery Bill: Clause 7 - National Lottery Distribution Fund: apportionment (25 Oct 2005)

Andrew Turner: ...and Referendums Act 2000. Let us think of another example. The anti-war coalition believes—and a number of Members on both sides of the House agree—that it is promoting human rights in Iraq: the right not to be bombed by the United States. The promotion of human rights is a charitable purpose. Although the anti-war coalition is not a charitable purpose, the promotion of human...

Iraq (10 Oct 2005)

Andrew Turner: I agree with the Secretary of State that terrorist activity should not hasten our departure from Iraq. I agree also on the need to support our troops, who have been plunged into a Herculean task. Will the right hon. Gentleman say whether he thinks it satisfactory that militias are lined up as the private armies of members of the Government of Iraq? Does he think that it was merely an...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (25 Oct 2004)

Mr Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister when he was first made aware that the Joint Intelligence Committee had described evidence of Iraq's weaponry as sporadic, patchy and limited.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq Survey Group (19 Oct 2004)

Mr Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight, Official Report, 13 October 2004, column 284, what brief the Iraq Survey Group had in relation to securing weapons of mass destruction sites when it began its work in Iraq; and what arrangements were in place between the fall of the Saddam regime and the commencement of the group's work.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Oct 2004)

Mr Andrew Turner: Regularly, before March 2003, the Prime Minister told us that he had plans for post-conflict Iraq, and until recently he believed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Did those plans include securing the sites where WMD were kept? Did they include the nuclear sites that have now been looted? Why did those plans not work?

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Europe (26 Apr 2004)

Mr Andrew Turner: ...EU will be renamed the United States of Europe, (b) the Queen will be replaced as our head of state, (c) Britain will be forced to join the euro, (d) Britain could not mount a Falklands war or an Iraq campaign without permission from Brussels, (e) we would lose our seat on the UN Security Council, (f) Brussels will seize control of our oil supplies, (g) Brussels will have the power to set...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (15 Mar 2004)

Mr Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his oral answer of 26 January 2003, Official Report, column 8, on Iraq, to the hon. Member for Stockton, South (Ms Taylor), what resources were in theatre but did not reach front-line forces in time for deployment.

Public Bill Committee: Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill: [Continuation from column 288] (20 Jan 2004)

Mr Andrew Turner: .... They belong to the Monty Python school of legislating according to myth rather than fact. It is a dishonest sort of politics: they erect a man of straw and then knock him down. They did so on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, and they did so on fox hunting. The Prime Minister claimed that the House of Lords blocked the Bill, when in fact it had never been near the House of Lords. Now...

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill (17 Dec 2003)

Mr Andrew Turner: ...have the right to return to this country. We should consider providing temporary leave to remain for asylum seekers if we believe that circumstances may change in their home country. There are many Iraqis in this country who will be grateful for the changes that have taken place in Iraq recently, but we should ask whether they are entitled to remain here indefinitely, because they came...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Iraq (26 Mar 2003)

Mr Andrew Turner: If she will make a statement on the proportion of reconstruction costs in Iraq that will be met by the use of Iraqi oil revenues.

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

Mr Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister what records the Government has kept of claims by Mr.Hussain Karnell relating to the destruction of weapons by Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (26 Feb 2003)

Mr Andrew Turner: ...on NHS waiting lists. Given that the Government are developing a reputation for saying one thing and doing another, is it any surprise that people do not trust him on the important issue of Iraq?

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (24 Feb 2003)

Mr Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister if he will cite the references for statements which are not obtained directly from intelligence sources in his dossiers of evidence of Iraq's involvement in terror and weapons of mass destruction.