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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Gordon Brown: ...Afghanistan, the action that we are taking-and the action proposed in the McChrystal report-is designed to minimise the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Our strategy is not counter-terrorism; it is counter-insurgency. It is to win the support of the Afghan people and then to ensure that the Afghan people can run their own affairs. This is not an occupying army; this is an army...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009)

Gordon Brown: ...troops do in Afghanistan—they are committed; they are brave; they are utterly professional. What we have to do is show people, first, why we are in Afghanistan—that there is a chain of terror that comes from the Pakistan-Afghan mountains that could threaten the streets of London. Then we have to show people that, with the great commitment, energy and expertise of our armed...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...do not exist. That is the will of the international community, it is what we are urging Israel to do, and while I believe that the Israelis are right to be worried about security and about terrorism, there is also a humanitarian duty to make sure that the people of Gaza are fed.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Council (2 Nov 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...decisions taken at the Council in June. The Council also expressed its deep condolences to the families of those killed in last week's Taliban attack in Kabul. We reaffirmed our determination to fight terrorism in every part of the world and our resolve to see our commitments through in Afghanistan. And we emphasised our "confidence in the United Nations' leadership in coordinating the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...and subsequently died in Birmingham. Our thoughts must also be with the United Nations and the relatives of those staff today. I will be speaking to the UN Secretary-General to tell him that no terrorism should deter us from our actions in Afghanistan. As far as the training for Afghanistan is concerned, there are three stages to it and all are important. First, we have to ensure that our...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on Afghanistan and Pakistan: first, on our work with the Government of Pakistan to counter the terrorist threat from al-Qaeda and the Taliban; secondly, on our priorities for Afghanistan in the next stage of the work our armed forces and civilians are undertaking there; and thirdly, on the conditions we are setting down for the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...of Afghanistan and Pakistan, that while we had hoped for years that the Pakistan authorities would take action, they are now doing so. As the Leader of the Opposition said, they recognise that the terror threat is very close to home for them. On Afghanistan, I was asked about General McChrystal's report and about a number of issues relating to equipment. I want to ensure that people...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...in the fact that it is supported by NATO itself, and is very much in tune with what General McChrystal is saying. He has reconsidered the American strategy. As he says, he is moving from counter-terrorism to counter-insurgency: he is concentrating on people and winning their support, rather than concentrating on areas and eliminating Taliban military. At the same time, he is completely...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: There is a 41-nation coalition that sees its responsibility as making sure that we can deal with the terror threat of al-Qaeda and that the Afghan Taliban do not return to power in the way that they did before. I must say to the hon. Gentleman that 6 million children are at school in Afghanistan—1 million girls, who would never be at school if we left Afghanistan to the Taliban, are at...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 Jul 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: I have to say to the hon. Gentleman's constituents that, since 2001, our objective has been to restrain, contain and defeat terrorism by acting in Afghanistan and working with the Pakistan Government. It was true that, in 2001, al-Qaeda was based in Afghanistan and given cover by the Taliban there. It is also true that it is now based mainly in north Pakistan. We have to make sure that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 Jul 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...our country. I hope—in fact, I know so—that everybody in the House will thank them for what they did yesterday. The purpose of our mission in Afghanistan is very clear: it is to prevent terrorism coming to the streets of Britain. We are complementing the military action we are taking with action to build up the Afghan forces—the police and the military forces—and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 Jul 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...armed forces. These are all legitimate questions and they should be answered by the Government, but I hope that the all-party agreement on what we do in Afghanistan and what we have to do to defeat terrorism will remain in being, and I hope we will recognise that in this particular exercise, Operation Panther's Claw, we are doing everything we can, and will continue to, to support our...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Members: Surveillance (14 Jul 2009)

Gordon Brown: No. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Policing, Crime and Counter-Terrorism (Mr. Hanson) to my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) on 9 July 2009, Official Report, columns 1133-4.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Gordon Brown: ...our work with Pakistan. Eight years ago, after 11 September 2001, the case for intervention in Afghanistan was clear: it was to remove the Taliban regime and deprive al-Qaeda of a safe base for terrorist plots that were a threat to countries around the world. In 2009, the case for our continued involvement is the same: to prevent terrorist attacks here in Britain and across the world by...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Gordon Brown: .... I repeat that in April we published our strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. We understand very clearly that we must have success in both countries if we are to be able to deal with the problem of terrorism. We also understand that military action alone, although vital, is not sufficient. We need action on the ground with development aid, and we need to train local people to take...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Gordon Brown: ...the right hon. Gentleman wants to see. Our strategy is very clear: to deal with a terrorist threat that could affect the streets of our own country, we have to take pre-emptive action to deal with terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2001, al-Qaeda was based in Afghanistan and was pushed out into Pakistan, but in 2009 we have the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Gordon Brown: ...that action is being taken in Pakistan, and that it is being complemented by the action that we are taking in Afghanistan, means that there is a legitimate hope that we can curtail the threat from terrorism and, at the same time, strengthen the institutions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Like my right hon. Friend, I want Pakistan to be a strong member of the Commonwealth.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Jul 2009) has video

Gordon Brown: ...will wish to join me in welcoming today Her Majesty the Queen's approval for a new form of recognition for the families of those members of the armed forces killed on operations and as a result of terrorism. Her Majesty will be making an announcement today, directly to the families of armed forces personnel, in which she will make clear her personal attachment to the new recognition. I am...

Written Ministerial Statements — Prime Minister: National Security Strategy (25 Jun 2009)

Gordon Brown: ..., are increasingly interconnected and require a more co-ordinated approach. The 2009 update fulfils the Government's commitment to report on activity and progress over the past year, from counter-terrorism, to military and civilian support to Afghanistan, to peacekeeping and conflict resolution in a range of countries, and to combating H1N1 influenza. The report also updates our assessment...