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Parliamentary Standards Bill (29 Jun 2009) has video

Mark Durkan: ...just about expenses. We need to remember that people are asking basic questions about the worth of Parliament. Here in the Chamber last Wednesday, some of the things that were said in the debate on Iraq, when points about Parliament's role in determining the details of an inquiry were ducked and evaded, gave people room to question the worth of Parliament. On the same day, there was a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Iraq (18 Dec 2008) has video

Mark Durkan: ...they happen. Obviously, we wish safety to those deployed in the meantime and in the future. Those of us in Northern Ireland parties have had some engagement with the budding parliamentarians of Iraq, and we wish them and their people well in the opportunities and challenges that they face, including coming to terms with the toll of their loss, not just over the past five and a half years,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Crisis in Burma (8 Oct 2007)

Mark Durkan: ...that the phrase: “to take all necessary action to help topple this despicable regime” was an endorsement of an invasion of Burma on the model of the US and British invasion of Iraq. The motion is consistent with the UN, and the invasion of Iraq was illegal and was not done under the auspices of the UN. Neither Carmel Hanna nor any other SDLP Member would propose violent action....

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Mark Durkan: ...it not have the right to monitor what subsequently happens? Perhaps it could appoint a bespoke Select Committee to monitor what happens in the conflict and post conflict. In situations such as Iraq, when Parliament knows that it is potentially on a countdown to deployment to armed conflict, such a bespoke Select Committee could be formed and could help to determine when parliamentary votes...

Written Answers — Defence: Government Security Service Contracts (18 Jan 2007)

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Aegis Security Services has been invited by his Department to tender for Government security service contracts in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) elsewhere.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Aegis Security Services (15 Jan 2007)

Mark Durkan: ...of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Aegis Security Services has been invited by her Department to tender for Government security service contracts in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) elsewhere.