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Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (28 Apr 2008) has video

Mark Harper: If he will make a statement on the future role of British forces in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (28 Apr 2008) has video

Mark Harper: During a press conference last Friday, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff blamed Iran for "its increasingly lethal and malign influence" in Iraq. He went on to say how recent operations in Basra had revealed "just how much and how far Iran is reaching into Iraq to foment instability". Does the Defence Secretary agree with that assessment, and what is being done by...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Afghanistan: Resettlement (15 Oct 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 9 October 2007, Official Report, columns 27-8WS, on Iraq: assistance to locally employed staff, whether he has considered extending the scheme to Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Resettlement (15 Oct 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 9 October 2007, Official Report, columns 27-28W, on Iraq: assistance to locally employed staff, whether the scheme will apply to (a) non-Iraqi nationals who work, or have worked, for UK armed forces and civilian missions in Iraq since 2003 and (b) staff who work, or have...

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (5 Jul 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the average time for medical evacuations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Religious Freedom (25 Jun 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the risk of violence against Christians in Iraq.

Points of Order: Armed Forces Personnel (21 Jun 2007)

Mark Harper: .... The Ministry of Defence's refusal to accept that there is any overstretch is incredible. A little honesty would be much more sensible. The Secretary of State for Defence, having returned from Iraq with the Chancellor, admitted that the armed forces were in danger of being significantly "damaged" if they continued to fight in the same numbers abroad. He also admitted that with so many...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (18 Jun 2007)

Mark Harper: One other aspect of this issue is that if the counter-insurgency operations are successful in southern Iraq and in Baghdad, particularly those supported by Iran, there is a risk that Iranian-supported insurgents may simply move their operations and start to operate against our forces and NATO forces in Afghanistan. What assessment has the Defence Secretary made of that risk?

Territorial Army (12 Jun 2007)

Mark Harper: ...My hon. Friend the Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis) served in the Royal Naval Reserve, as did my hon. Friend the Member for Westbury (Dr. Murrison), who saw action in Operation Telic 2 in Iraq. The right hon. Member for Islwyn (Mr. Touhig) was a distinguished holder of the office currently held by the hon. Member for Halton (Derek Twigg). I also thank the hon. Member for...

Point of Order (11 Jun 2007)

Mark Harper: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I have a named day question tabled for answer today about the rate at which the operational allowance paid to our brave servicemen and women in Iraq and Afghanistan is due to be raised to take account of inflation. Imagine my surprise this morning, then, when I saw that the Press Association was reporting that reporters travelling with the Chancellor of the...

Written Answers — Defence: Peacekeeping Operations (11 Jun 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what urgent statements of user requirement were made by commanders in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Peace Keeping Operations (4 Jun 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many instances of armoured vehicle breakdown there have been in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in the last six months, broken down by vehicle type.

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Education (14 May 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what (a) facilities and (b) programmes are available for service personnel to continue education while on deployment in (i) Iraq, (ii) Afghanistan and (iii) the Balkans region; (2) how much was spent on education centres by the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 1997; (3) how many education centres were...

Written Answers — Constitutional Affairs: Coroners: Armed Forces (16 Apr 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many inquests into deaths of service personnel killed in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan are still outstanding; and when she expects this backlog to be cleared.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations (16 Apr 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units will be operating outside harmony guidelines as a result of the deployment to Iraq of Telic 10; and what the average tour gap number is for each unit.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations (16 Apr 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors have caused the changes in the costs of operations in Iraq between 2006-07 and 2005-06.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations (16 Apr 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether his Department plans to include in its estimates memorandum its planning assumptions for the cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; (2) whether the Government plan to include the provisions for all operations in the main estimates.

[Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Armed Forces (Recruitment and Retention) (20 Mar 2007)

Mark Harper: ...operation, but it is clear from talking to NATO planners and from the state of that country that realistically we will be there for a decade or so. It is also clear from recent announcements on the Iraq deployment that although we have been able to reduce troop levels, we are going to retain several thousand troops, again, probably for the medium term. We will continue, therefore, to run...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Heatstroke (9 Mar 2007)

Mark Harper: ...in the armed forces receive on training and preventing heat-related casualties; (4) how many heat-related (a) casualties and (b) deaths of British service personnel there have been in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since the commencement of operations.

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Firearms (20 Feb 2007)

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints have been made by personnel serving in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq about the (i) SA-80 rifle, (ii) light machine gun, (iii) general purposes machine gun and (iv) heavy machine gun in the last 12 months.