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That this House recognises the bravery, dedication and sacrifice of members of the armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq; applauds the recent review and enhancement of the Armed Forces' Compensation Scheme; and calls on the Government to amend the qualifying date of 6 April 2005 to 1 January 2001, which...

Primary sponsor
Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
4 March 2010
Reference
1022
House
House of Commons

Yes, I think that there is a consensus there. The Government amendment makes explicit reference to the families, where it says""recognises the importance of allowing the families of those who gave their lives in Iraq to express their views about the nature and procedures of the inquiry"." That is fine....

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 June 2009
Reference
494 c834-5
House
House of Commons

I asked the question in the context not just of our being Members of the House of Commons but of our role when people go before the inquiry. There have been quite a few losses in Scotland—in Edinburgh and elsewhere—and as the Government rightly acknowledge, families will go to the...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 June 2009
Reference
494 c835-6
House
House of Commons

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary rightly referred to the fatalities of the war, including the hundreds and thousands of Iraqis who have died. We are now debating the British intervention in the war. I shall not rehearse the figures on British deaths, but we need to take into...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 June 2009
Reference
494 c833-4
House
House of Commons

We also have to remember that it is not just a matter of the deaths, as so many people have been injured and maimed as well.

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 June 2009
Reference
494 c834
House
House of Commons

Of all the decisions that Governments take, surely none is more important than that to send our forces overseas into combat. When that is done, I am sure the whole House agrees that it is imperative that everything is done to enable our forces to have the maximum opportunity to...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c60-1
House
House of Commons
Whatever our overall view of the presence of British forces in Iraq, clearly their safety and well-being should be a paramount consideration of the House of Commons. Following on from my right hon. Friend's written statement to the House on Thursday, should we assume that the Government are planning on force levels of about 4,000 at least until the autumn?
Asked by
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
28 April 2008
Reference
475 c6-7
House
House of Commons

But how seriously unstable is the position in Basra? Has the fighting among the Shi'as come completely out of the blue? My right hon. Friend will be conscious of the fact that it is less than a month since he said in a written answer that the Government were planning...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
1 April 2008
Reference
474 c636
House
House of Commons

That this House is concerned by the exponential growth of private military and security companies (PMSCs) since the invasion of Iraq; is disturbed by the substantial rise of reported incidents of civilian killings and human rights abuses by PMSC guards in Iraq who remain unregulated and unaccountable; further notes that...

Primary sponsor
David Anderson (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
24 January 2008
Reference
785
House
House of Commons
The House will surely welcome my right hon. Friend's reaffirmation of our plans for troop numbers in Iraq, but can he confirm that, beyond the spring of 2008, it is still the intention further to reduce the number of Army personnel in Iraq?
Asked by
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
3 December 2007
Reference
468 c555
House
House of Commons

That this House is deeply concerned by the mass exodus of Iraqi Christians, which has decimated much of Iraq's ancient Assyrian-Chaldean community; notes that the Assyrian-Chaldeans make up over 95 per cent. of Iraq's Christians and that this exodus has largely been caused by escalating violence against Christians from fanatical...

Primary sponsor
Stephen Pound (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
13 November 2007
Reference
224
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises the bravery, dedication and sacrifice of members of the armed forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq; applauds the Daily Mirror's Honour the Brave campaign; and calls on the Government to ensure that all personnel in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force killed or wounded...

Primary sponsor
David Anderson (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
6 November 2007
Reference
95
House
House of Commons

The hon. Member for Congleton (Ann Winterton) will understand if I do not take up much of what she said. However, notwithstanding the fact that the main defence procurement debate happened last week, as she knows, I cannot but respond to what she said about the Eurofighter Typhoon. It is...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
16 October 2007
Reference
464 c745
House
House of Commons

Of course I realise that, just as I realise that a high proportion of the crime in this country is related to the drugs situation. Indeed, we can debate whether we want a high price or a low price for drugs in relation to their impact on crime in general....

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
16 October 2007
Reference
464 c748-9
House
House of Commons

I agree, but can the hon. Gentleman envisage a situation where he would want to increase the British military presence in Iraq?

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
16 October 2007
Reference
464 c724
House
House of Commons

I will not go down that road, but I trust that we have the hon. Lady’s support for tranche 3. During debates on defence, Members frequently take the opportunity to pay tribute to the calibre and commitment of our armed forces, and rightly so. Members of the armed forces put...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
16 October 2007
Reference
464 c746-8
House
House of Commons

That this House notes that Iraq's economy is heavily dependent on oil and that decisions about the future of Iraq's oil industry will have a major bearing on that country; further notes that the constitution of Iraq states that oil and gas are owned by all the people of Iraq;...

Primary sponsor
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
20 March 2007
Reference
1180
House
House of Commons

I look forward, as we all do, to the day when the last British soldier leaves Iraq, and I heard what my right hon. Friend said in reply to the Leader of the Opposition, but will he acknowledge that, given the range of hostile elements in Iraq, there is a...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 February 2007
Reference
457 c275
House
House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman makes a valuable point. We have to use the word ““overstretch””, although the Government have resisted using it. The fact is that there is overstretch, and we are putting demands on our service personnel serving in such places that are not acceptable to people in the wider...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 January 2007
Reference
455 c1471
House
House of Commons

The hon. Member for Louth and Horncastle (Sir Peter Tapsell) has made an interesting contribution about the situation in Afghanistan, and I urge the House to ponder his words. I intend to confine my remarks to Iraq. Like him, I opposed the invasion, and I voted against it. We cannot...

Member
Gavin Strang (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 January 2007
Reference
455 c1469-70
House
House of Commons