Results 1-13 of 13 for iraq speaker:Roger Williams

[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] — Armed Forces Veterans (21 Apr 2009)

Roger Williams: ...issue of armed forces veterans. Service in the armed forces, while providing a rewarding career for many, often involves risk and injury, in training and on active service. Current engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan have proved very demanding for our soldiers, who have been deployed much more regularly than was planned.

[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] — Armed Forces Veterans (21 Apr 2009)

Roger Williams: ...furthering our national interest. Even when the public are not in full support of a particular action or conflict, their support for the armed forces remains high, as witnessed during the ongoing Iraq conflict. It is a shame that the high regard in which armed forces personnel and veterans are held by the public is not always reflected in the Government's action and support. All too often,...

Business of the House (18 Dec 2008) has video

Roger Williams: Following on from the Prime Minister's statement on Iraq, hon. Members will be aware from their constituencies that, due to improved medical services at the front line, armed forces personnel are returning from Iraq with serious injuries that might have caused their death in previous conflicts. Some of the people returning are suffering from mental illnesses that might stay with them for the...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Coroners (21 May 2007)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the steps the Government are taking to reduce the backlog of military inquests for the fatalities of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations (21 May 2007)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Iraq for UK armed forces.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peace-Keeping Operations (3 May 2007)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements have been made for members of Royal Welsh Regiments 1 and 2 to visit friends and families before deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (7 Nov 2006)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on British involvement in setting up the Police Intelligence Unit in Iraq in 2003.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (2 Nov 2006)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to what extent British Royal Military Police and Army personnel are embedded with police units in southern Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (2 Nov 2006)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how British armed forces personnel are overseeing the police intelligence units at their new offices in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Armed Forces Personnel (20 Jan 2005)

Mr Roger Williams: ...been made by the Scottish regiments, which have done more than anybody could have asked of them, but I wish to note the contribution made by the Welsh regiments. The Royal Regiment of Wales was in Iraq from April 2003 to April 2004. The Royal Welch Fusiliers were in Iraq from April 2004 to October 2004. The Welsh Guards went to Iraq in October 2004 and will be there until April 2005, and...

Gurkhas (14 Sep 2004)

Mr Roger Williams: ...the attention of the House. There has been concern in the Royal Gurkha Regiment that a number of its soldiers were leaving the service early to join commercial organisations providing security in Iraq and Afghanistan. They leave the British Army to do that so that they can build up the financial means to retire to Nepal. It is a great shame that they should have to leave the Army before...

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (26 Mar 2003)

Mr Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how much her Department has allocated for the agricultural reconstruction of post-war Iraq, broken down by type of activity; (2) what estimate she has made of the total value of the Iraqi economy given over to agriculture in (a) 1989, (b) 1996 and (c) 2003, broken down by type.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (26 Mar 2003)

Mr Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how much foodstuff is available for relief work in Iraq by (a) the UK, (b) the EU, (c) the US and (d) other states, broken down by type; and what proportion of those foodstuffs are derived from genetically modified materials, broken down by type; (2) what (a) recent discussions she has had with and (b) representations she has...