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Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]: Gurkha Settlement Rights (29 Apr 2009)

Christopher Huhne: ...the eminently pragmatic view that if we found it hard to beat them, we had better hire them. During the first world war, the Gurkhas fought in France, the Suez canal, Mesopotamia—that is, Iraq—and Gallipoli. During the second world war, the regiments took part in the campaigns of north Africa, Italy, Greece, Malaya and Burma. After the war and Indian independence, the Gurkha...

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

Christopher Huhne: ...", they tend to give it greater weight than the public information that stares them in the face. That has happened in judgments about the middle east, not least those about the illegal invasion of Iraq. We could go back further. Only weeks before the Shah was toppled in Iran, I remember that a Foreign Secretary predicted firmly, on the basis of little evidence, that the Shah would be there...

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

Christopher Huhne: ..., is 12 days—it was that we faced a greater threat. The threat is greater precisely because of the foreign policy actions of this Government, who involved themselves in an illegal invasion of Iraq.

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

Christopher Huhne: ...in the UK, partly because it is widely accepted that we face a greater threat in this country than in many others—due not least to our misguided participation in the illegal invasion of Iraq, which is this Government's sad and lasting legacy on this issue. That does not mean, however, that 28 days should be seen as permanent or that we will not oppose this in future. As the Minister...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (14 Dec 2005)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) original estimated and (b) actual cost of the war in Iraq and ancillary operations has been in each year since the beginning of operations; what the reasons were for the difference in each year; whether the costs were met from (i) the Ministry of Defence budget and (ii) elsewhere in each year; from which budget lines costs were met in each...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (12 Dec 2005)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of the intervention in Iraq from the beginning of operations until the end of this financial year (a) in total and (b) broken down by each service; and from what budgets that cost has been met.