Results 1-20 of 31 for iraq speaker:Ben Wallace

Written Answers — Treasury: Public Expenditure: Armed Forces (16 Sep 2009)

Ben Wallace: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what payments to the Ministry of Defence have been made out of Treasury reserves to pay for equipment for military operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Global Security (Iran) (9 Jul 2009)

Ben Wallace: ...intervention such as a big stamp of approval for Mr. Mousavi would do him and hope of reform no good whatever. We must not underestimate the nationalistic nature of Iranian people. Iran is not like Iraq. It is not made up of Shi'a, Sunni and Kurd areas on a rather artificial map that was pretty much drawn up by the British not so long ago; it is a nation state that feels like a nation...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Global Security (Iran) (9 Jul 2009)

Ben Wallace: ...a united voice and put a lot of effort into getting there. I do not believe in regime change through the MEK or terrorist organisations. That would take us to the wrong place, as the example of Iraq shows. Relying on intelligence is often unreliable. There are challenges for us. We must send a message to the Iranians not to underestimate us. Just because they can capture a few sailors in a...

Defence Procurement (20 Apr 2009) has video

Ben Wallace: ...is wearing out. My hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth) and I recently visited Congress. The US army has an office there, and the US colonel we met told us that he had 900 tanks coming back from the Iraq war that needed refurbishing. The challenge for his budget was to restore them to useable condition, let alone replace them with a new model. Such refurbishment will also...

Defence Procurement (20 Apr 2009) has video

Ben Wallace: ...reasons for the defence budget being under pressure is that time and time again, Ministers have worked on their European colleagues to come along to produce more and contribute more to Afghanistan and Iraq, but time and time again, they have not delivered. Whether it was delivering ammunition in the Falklands or delivering troops on the ground in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, there has...

Defence Procurement (20 Apr 2009) has video

Ben Wallace: When the hon. Gentleman refers to further and deeper European co-operation, does he mean the level that we are reaching in Afghanistan and reached in Iraq, and the complete absence of European countries' commitment to their word when it comes to backing up our armed forces who are doing their job on behalf of their countries' security?

[Joan Walley in the Chair] — Iran (4 Mar 2009)

Ben Wallace: ...in Iran over the past century has, on balance, been more harmful than benign to many of the people of Iran. We have made mistakes. It was wrong of us to back Saddam Hussein in the horrendous Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. Insult was added to injury when the indictment against Saddam Hussein only dealt with his crimes against Iraqis; no mention was made of the gas attacks on Iranian civilians...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (6 Nov 2007) has video

Ben Wallace: It is important to remember that many of the men and women who stood on duty outside the House for the ceremony for the opening of Parliament today have just returned from conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq or elsewhere. Although the ceremony is rather ignored by the public, it is an important part of what we do. I pay tribute to the soldiers who made the ceremony what it was and performed to the...

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Defence Exports (17 Oct 2007)

Ben Wallace: ..., horror! People may have views about the Bush regime, but let us remember that it is not a regime—he is an elected President, and one with whom the hon. Gentleman's Government went to war in Iraq. America is a perfectly acceptable ally for us today, in the past and in the future. I am very happy if British companies share their technology with American companies and American armed...

Point of Order: Defence Procurement (9 Oct 2007)

Ben Wallace: ...their families, on their equipment, and, indeed, on the collective psyche of the armed forces. We should not underestimate that what they are doing now—whether it all finishes next year in Iraq or whether it finishes in Afghanistan in 10 years—will live with us for decades to come. It will live with us in their families, and in the equipment that we will have to replace. It...

Point of Order: Defence Procurement (9 Oct 2007)

Ben Wallace: ...very little ability to develop our own way of thinking. People say that we will all be allies together. Will we? We have already diverged from a number of our European allies, in the most recent Iraq war. We should not forget that countries such as China and Iran that could become our rivals—I think that a more civilised term than "enemies"—are procuring and spending as if...

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Trooper Williams (22 Mar 2007)

Ben Wallace: To ask the Solicitor-General what the cost was of the (a) defence teams, (b) prosecution teams and (c) other costs related to the prosecution of Trooper Williams for alleged crimes in Iraq in 2005.

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Prosecutions (19 Mar 2007)

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Army legal service are investigating legal cases related to operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (19 Mar 2007)

Ben Wallace: ...Defence what the cost was of the (a) defence teams, (b) prosecution teams and (c) other costs related to the court martial in (i) the prosecution of the seven paratroopers for alleged crimes in Iraq in November 2005 and (ii) the prosecution of the four guardsmen for alleged crimes in Iraq in June 2006.

Written Answers — Defence: Helicopter Statistics (6 Dec 2006)

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Army Aircorps and (b) RAF helicopters are deployed in (i) Iraq, (ii) Afghanistan and (iii) Northern Ireland.

Written Answers — Defence: Joint Personnel Administration System (5 Dec 2006)

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what access service personnel have to the Joint Personnel Administration system while on operations in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq.

Armed Forces Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Armed Forces Bill (7 Nov 2006)

Ben Wallace: ...perform. We shall not forget him on Sunday, and I hope that his family derive some comfort from the personal support that I know that the Secretary of State gives to all the victims of the current Iraq and Afghanistan conflict. I thank the three Ministers from the Department for staying for the debate. We do not often see the full complement, on either the Opposition or Government Front...

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] — Iraq (31 Oct 2006)

Ben Wallace: Does the hon. Gentleman think it perverse that a serving general can ask for a reflection about our time in Iraq, and the Government allow him to do so, yet they do not allow the House to reflect on the situation in Iraq or the future of that country?

Business of the House (19 Oct 2006)

Ben Wallace: ...(Peter Viggers) that the Government had received no complaint. That is not the case. I have a constituent who was discharged from the Army while waiting for an operation after being injured in Iraq. The Government should give us time for a debate and give some support to our troops, who fight on their behalf, but receive shoddy treatment when they return and leave the armed forces.

Defence Procurement (2 Feb 2006)

Ben Wallace: ...I am looking for your guidance. The Minister opened his remarks with casualty figures that have until now been unavailable to many of us who have tabled parliamentary questions about the actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is it in order for the Minister to release the figures in a debate on procurement?