Results 1-20 of 22 for iraq speaker:David Anderson

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Trade Unions: Iraq (20 Oct 2009)

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's policy is on trade union rights in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Entry Clearances (7 Jul 2008)

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider introducing visa issuing facilities at the UK consulate in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (16 Jun 2008)

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress is being made on the mentoring, monitoring and training of Iraqi security forces in southern Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq) (11 Jun 2008) has video

David Anderson: What support his Department is providing to non-governmental organisations in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq) (11 Jun 2008) has video

David Anderson: I thank the Minister for that response. Is he aware that last year his Department withdrew funding from support for trade union development in Iraq because of the "sectarian violence engulfing the country at the moment"? Clearly, the security situation is better now. Will he agree to meet trade unions from Iraq and Britain to try to move the issue forward again?

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Interpreters (18 Feb 2008)

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent steps his Department has taken on the (a) safety of and (b) support for Iraqi interpreters working with British forces in Iraq.

Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (11 Jun 2007)

David Anderson: Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the reasons his inquiry is facing problems is that the voice of ordinary people from Iraq—trade union leaders, for example—cannot be heard in this country because they are not allowed to speak? When they are out and about from their country, they face the risk of being assassinated, which has happened at least twice over the last six months.

Business of the House (24 May 2007)

David Anderson: ...examines the role of mercenaries and private military security companies (PMSCs) in conflict zones around the world; shares its concerns over the exponential growth of PMSCs since the invasion of Iraq; notes that PMSCs work alongside regular soldiers providing combat support in conflict situations, yet remain unregulated and unaccountable leaving open the potential for human rights...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq (1 May 2007)

David Anderson: It is two years since the Iraqi Government seized the assets of the Iraqi trade unions, three months since three raids were carried out on the offices of the trade unions by US troops and a month since the leader of the mechanics union in Iraq was assassinated after being tortured. Will the Minister agree to meet me and representatives of the trade unions in Iraq to try to find a way forward,...

Business of the House (1 Mar 2007)

David Anderson: Can my right hon. Friend, or the appropriate Minister, investigate the recent actions of American troops in Iraq, who, on three occasions in the past two weeks, have raided trade union offices, destroyed equipment, confiscated computers and fax machines and arrested some of the employees?

Business of the House (7 Dec 2006)

David Anderson: I, too, want to raise the issue of Iraq, but to take another line. I hope that my right hon. Friend agrees with me that one of the few positives in Iraq has been the development of an independent trade union movement—but is he aware that the Iraqi Government's decrees are stifling that development? Will he ask the Foreign Secretary to make a statement explaining exactly how we will...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (26 Oct 2006)

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has commissioned into the findings of the recent report in The Lancet on deaths in Iraq; and if she will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Iraq (25 Oct 2006)

David Anderson: What support the UK Government are giving to develop democratic, independent trade unions in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Iraq (25 Oct 2006)

David Anderson: I welcome the Prime Minister's words, but is he aware of Iraqi Government decree 8750, which was issued last year and said that the Government of Iraq will "take control of all monies belonging to the trade unions and prevent them from dispensing any such monies"? Does my right hon. Friend agree that that is anti-democratic, and will he do everything in his power to convince the Iraqi...

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Troop Withdrawal (Iraq) (25 Oct 2006)

David Anderson: ...of people, I refuse to be frozen in time. Back then, I was the president of Unison and a member of the TUC general council. We took the strategic decision to help to build a trade union movement in Iraq, and we invested members' money in doing that. We organised training sessions for shop stewards from Iraq in the UK, then in Jordan, and ultimately in Kurdistan. We gave solidarity and...

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Troop Withdrawal (Iraq) (25 Oct 2006)

David Anderson: I am aware of that situation, but I am also aware that the TUC and most trade unions in this country have recognised the Iraqi Federation of Workers Trade Unions, which is clear that it would not be helpful for us to withdraw unilaterally. We should not be listening to armchair theorists, political opportunists or enemies of democracy, who would tell us to get out, because that would leave...

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Troop Withdrawal (Iraq) (25 Oct 2006)

David Anderson: ...to me, however, they live in a tough neighbourhood and they realise the reality of the situation that they face. They are quite prepared to go along with the idea of developing a genuinely federal Iraq in which everyone's voice is heard. It is clear that the Iraqi military is not up to the job. It is under-skilled, under-equipped, badly motivated and severely infiltrated by the militia. If...

Bill Presented: Armed Forces Personnel (6 Jul 2006)

David Anderson: ..., but in a debate about armed forces personnel, I have relevant recent experience of the impact that our forces are having on the lives of ordinary people facing massive, extraordinary problems in Iraq. We have not just sent our forces to Iraq to fight a battle for us and then leave. Would that we had done that—it might have been a different story. Our armed forces personnel in Iraq...

Bill Presented: Armed Forces Personnel (6 Jul 2006)

David Anderson: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. My point is that, without the continued involvement of our armed forces in Iraq, the situation there would not be starting to improve. The real-life experience is that our troops are having a huge impact on people's lives. The people of Kurdistan want the UK to invest in their country. That is not happening yet, but we could use our military presence in a...

Business of the House (6 Jul 2006)

David Anderson: May I draw my hon. Friend's attention to early-day motion 2145, which is in my name, on labour rights in Iraq? [That this House applauds the recent Labour Friends of Iraq (LFIQ) delegation to Erbil and Sulamaniyah to meet unions, parties, and ministers from Iraqi Kurdistan as well as 22 union leaders from Baghdad, Basra and Babel; is concerned that Iraqi Ministers, through Decree 8750 of...