Clare Short: Many of those who cautioned against the war said that there was a grave danger of the outbreak of chaotic violence. I think that passing off responsibility for bringing that about—and all the deaths that flowed from it—by saying that it is all due to terrorism is not good enough.
Clare Short: None.
Clare Short: Just for clarity, the legal advice appeared at the last minute in an answer to a parliamentary question in the House of Lords. The other legal advice, which was never circulated to Cabinet, came out when it was leaked during the election campaign. There was no other legal advice.
Clare Short: Will the Foreign Secretary give way?
Clare Short: On the point with which he is dealing.
Clare Short: I thank the Foreign Secretary. Surely it is wrong to allow Sir John Chilcot to decide whether evidence should be taken under oath when he does not have the power to require it to be taken under oath? He could make a recommendation to the House, but it is the House that would have to give that power to the inquiry. It will not be good enough unless evidence is taken under oath. I ask the...
Clare Short: We all welcome the demise of the Saddam Hussein regime, but the important question is: could it have been done differently? Could Saddam Hussein have been indicted, and could a lot of Iraqis have not lost their lives? We all agree that we mourn the loss of our soldiers, their injuries and the number of soldiers who are mentally ill, but should we not regret the death of hundreds of thousands...
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 April 2009, Official Report, columns 932-33W, on dental services, what form the consultations referred to took; and when those consultations took place.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 932W, on dental services, what consultation on the dental services statement of financial entitlement took place subsequent to the publication of the 38th Report of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, Cm 7579.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he is taking to investigate and report on the use of UK-supplied weapons during Israel's military operation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what procedures his Department follows when notified of allegations that a British national has been tortured overseas; (2) whether his Department's staff receive training on (a) the identification of instances of torture being used against British nationals overseas and (b) the procedures to be adopted in such...
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration he has given to the report of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories concerning the Israeli attack on Gaza from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009; if the Government will review their obligations under the Geneva...
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which organisations and individuals were consulted on the content of the dental services statement of financial entitlement before its publication on 1 April 2009; and which of these consultations took place in accordance with section 103(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006; (2) with reference to section 103(4) of the National Health...
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his latest estimate is of the incidence of mental illness among serving soldiers in each age group.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to comply with the Government's responsibility as a High Contracting Party to the Geneva Convention in respect of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on Israel's wall in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the findings of the EU Heads of Mission report on East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement.
Clare Short: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when she plans to reply to the letter of 26 January 2009 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on equal pay for work of equal value.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the inquiry of 23 October 2008 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on Noreen Akhtar (reference A1048872).
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency plans to reply to the letter of 6 November 2008 (Special Delivery reference ZC982623786GB), the email of 2 December 2008 and letter of 19 January 2009 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, sent on behalf of Satnam Kaur Thomas (Home Office reference number J1055280).
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a reply will be sent to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood's e-mail to the UK Border Agency of 23 October 2008 on behalf of Felix Kankwamba, Home Office reference K1115877.