Debate on Thursday, 24 January 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Fowler. The answering member was Lord Malloch-Brown.

Iraq

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the position in Iraq and the lessons to be drawn. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 698 c338-97
Session: 2007-08
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Malloch-Brown | 698 c392-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join all who have congratulated the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on his prescience in raisin...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 698 c389-92 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a very good debate full of speeches of power and great experience. In fact, ...; Lord Fowler | 698 c396-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was rather a curious and at times rather unsatisfactory reply—but I will come to that...; Baroness Verma | 698 c378-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join in congratulating my noble friend on securing this debate, and opening it with an o...; Lord Bew | 698 c382-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Parekh, who is a senior scholar in my fiel...; Lord Parekh | 698 c379-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for securing this debate and initiating i...; Lord Bew | 698 c384 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. I will simply conclude by saying that, if we are to have ...; Lord Bach | 698 c384 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for interrupting the noble Lord, but I have to point out that, when eight minu...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 698 c386-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there were times at the beginning of this debate when my memory took me back to when I was...; Lord Luke | 698 c384-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on introducing this debate. When we consider the situation ...; Lord Soley | 698 c375-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join with others in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on bringing forward this...; Earl of Sandwich | 698 c373-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we may be underestimating the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Iraq today. This is beca...; Lord Campbell of Alloway | 698 c372-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following the noble Lord, I wish to say that, across the House, this is assuredly not a po...; Lord Smith of Finsbury | 698 c370-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was with a heavy heart nearly five years ago that I told my own Government and my own P...; Lord King of Bridgwater | 698 c361-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Fowler for introducing this important debate and doi...; Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 698 c358-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the fact that the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, tabled this debate—not least be...; Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 698 c370 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I ask the noble Lord to reflect on his point that the Government claimed that there were l...; Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 698 c368-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, said about neo-conservatism. Of c...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 698 c365-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the debate we are holding today is focusing to some extent on the need for a formal inquir...; Baroness Park of Monmouth | 698 c363-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we owe a great debt to my noble friend Lord Fowler for this important debate. As Rory Ste...; Lord Chidgey | 698 c356-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a vast amount has already been written, said, hypothesised and argued about over the lates...; Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 698 c351-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for tabling this debate and giving us ...; Lord Tugendhat | 698 c349-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Fowler not only for introducing this debate bu...; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | 698 c353-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly welcome this important debate, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for givin...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 698 c343-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord gave a characteristically honest and clear speech, the key theme of which i...; Lord Fowler | 698 c338-43 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the position in Iraq and the lessons to be drawn; and to move for Papers. ...; Lord Lee of Trafford | 698 c345-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, ones hopes that we are slowly approaching the end game in Iraq—certainly in a military sen...; Lord Owen | 698 c347-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Prime Minister has been under considerable attack recently. Some criticism has been ju...; Lord Goodlad | 698 c355-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating my noble friend Lord Fowler on introducing this...
Subjects: Armed conflict Inquiries Intelligence services Iraq Peacekeeping operations Refugees Weapons Reconstruction Iraq conflict Interpreters
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Iraq

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