Results 1-20 of 22 for iraq speaker:Nicholas Clegg

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 Jun 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...hostages will be released safely as soon as possible. On the Gurkhas, the Prime Minister was wrong and was forced to back down. On MPs' expenses, he was wrong and forced to back down. On the Iraq inquiry, he was wrong and is now being forced to back down. The only gear left for this Government seems to be reverse, so when will we hear from him that he is wrong too on public spending?

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Iraq (15 Jun 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...tragically lost their lives in Afghanistan in this last week. Of course I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to our brave servicemen and women, who have served our country so courageously in Iraq over the past six years. In particular, I pay tribute to the 179 who have lost their lives. They and their families are in our thoughts today. I passionately believe that we were wrong to...

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

Nicholas Clegg: ...of the sacrifice and bravery of all British servicemen and servicewomen who have lost their lives over the past year. Let me be clear: I passionately believe that it was a mistake to invade Iraq, but I am second to none in my admiration for the professionalism, dedication and courage of British servicemen and servicewomen. That is why I share their relief and the relief of their...

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

Nicholas Clegg: ...to be reminded of the past. They refuse to learn the lessons for the future. Does the Prime Minister agree that we do not need an inquiry to know who bears the heavy responsibility for invading Iraq five and a half years ago? It is on the record in the votes of the House, because for all the shouting and heckling that we hear today from those on both the Conservative and Labour Benches,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: EU Council/Afghanistan, India and Pakistan (15 Dec 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...Fellows, Corporal Marc Birch, Sergeant John Manuel and Marine Damian Davies, who tragically lost their lives in Afghanistan, and to the family and friends of Lee Churcher, who, sadly, died in Iraq? We all owe them a huge debt for their service and sacrifice. Like so many European Union summits before it, last week's summit was stronger on words than action, richer in promises than in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (10 Dec 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: I would like to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of Lance Corporal David Wilson, who tragically lost his life in Iraq. Recently, a single mother with small children came to see me in Sheffield —[Interruption.]

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (3 Dec 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...Evans and Marine Georgie Sparks, who tragically lost their lives in Afghanistan last week. Later, I should like to ask the Prime Minister about the review of Government policy in Afghanistan and Iraq that he has announced. First, I should like to pay tribute to the right hon. and hon. Members who have sadly passed away in the past parliamentary year. No one could forget Gwyneth Dunwoody,...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (3 Dec 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...important announcements this afternoon. As ever, with him, those announcements were not even highlighted, signalled or flagged up in the Queen's Speech. They related to the Government's policy on Iraq, on Afghanistan and on repossessions, and I want to ask him three questions. On Afghanistan, when the right hon. Gentleman conducts this review, will he accept that any lasting stability or...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Iraq (22 Jul 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...salute the valour, the skill and the perseverance of the troops, and the courage of their families. Let us also not forget the courage of the families of the British hostages who are still held in Iraq. I welcome, of course, the proposal to bring our troops out of Iraq. Their continued presence there contributes increasingly little to Iraq. Since withdrawing to the Basra air base, we have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Iraq (22 Jul 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...October that was never implemented in full? I am told that part of the reason for that is concern about sensitivities in the White House—that the Americans do not want to see us withdraw from Iraq. Does he agree that it is in America's interest to release us from our obligations in Iraq, precisely so that we can do the job that we need to do in Afghanistan? Can the Prime Minister...

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: National Security Strategy (19 Mar 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...for an inquiry into a war that he and all his colleagues signed up to support lock, stock and barrel, with no questions asked? Perhaps we need an inquiry into how his party has flip-flopped on Iraq. I agree that an overarching view of the different threats to our nation's security is necessary. However, I hope that the Prime Minister agrees that the document that he has put before the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Engagements (19 Mar 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: That is a technical argument on a moral issue. It is a spectacular misjudgement from the man who signed the cheques for the Iraq war, but has never had the moral courage to take responsibility for it. After five years of conflict in Iraq— [Interruption.]

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Engagements (19 Mar 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: After five years of conflict in Iraq— [Interruption.]

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: Engagements (19 Mar 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: After five years of conflict in Iraq, at the cost of 175 British soldiers' lives, over 600,000 Iraqi civilians and £7 billion of taxpayers' money, will the Prime Minister tell the House today whether he has any regrets about his decision to support and pay for the war in Iraq?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (30 Jan 2008)

Nicholas Clegg: Does the Prime Minister think it acceptable that, at a time when British soldiers' lives are at risk in Iraq and Afghanistan, half their single living accommodation is still of the lowest standard, half our Apache helicopters remain unfit for service, and more than 60 per cent. of Army officers cite military overstretch as a reason for leaving the Army? Is he surprised at the widespread view...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum: Deportation (7 Jan 2008)

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been deported to (a) Sudan, (b) Burma, (c) Zimbabwe, (d) Iraq, (e) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (f) Sri Lanka and (g) Afghanistan in the last 12 months.

Terrorism Bill (16 Mar 2006)

Nicholas Clegg: ...or generally" casts the net extremely wide. Muslim communities in particular, who have an understandable interest in debating and speaking out about conflicts on the west bank or in Gaza, or in Iraq, Chechnya or Kashmir, will find themselves especially vulnerable to the loose application of a poorly worded law. Is that really what we want at a time of heightened sensitivity between Muslim...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (7 Mar 2006)

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of civilians who have been killed in Iraq in each month since January 2005.

Written Answers — Defence: US Interrogation Centres (13 Feb 2006)

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many individuals detained by UK forces in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan who have been handed over to US forces have subsequently been transferred to US interrogation centres in each year since 2001.

Prospects for the EU in 2006 (31 Jan 2006)

Nicholas Clegg: On behalf of the Liberal Democrats, I express our sincerest condolences and sympathy to the families and friends of the two British soldiers who, it was announced today, were tragically killed in Iraq. I am grateful to the Minister for giving us advance notice and sight of his statement. There is much in the statement and in the White Paper with which we do not disagree. Some of the...