Formal Minutes
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Members present:
Sir Richard Ottaway, in the Chair
| Mr John Baron
Ann Clwyd
Andrew Rosindell
| | Mr Frank Roy
Sir John Stanley
Nadhim Zahawi
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Draft Report (UK Government policy on the Kurdistan Region
of Iraq), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraph 1 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 2 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 3 to 20 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 21 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 22 to 25 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 26 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 27 to 31 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 32 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 33 to 39 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 40 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 41 and 42 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 43 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 44 to 47 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 48 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 49 to 51 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 52 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 53 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 54 and 55 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 56 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 57 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 58 to 65 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 66 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 67 to 72 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 73 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 74 and 75 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 76 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 77 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 78 to 80 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 81 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 82 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 83 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 84 and 85 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 86 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 6, to leave out "and
to join in air strikes".—(Mr John Baron.)
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 87 and 88 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 89 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 90 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 2, to leave out from
"ISIL" to "freely" in line 4 and to insert
"is prevented from moving".—(Mr John
Baron.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 1
Mr John Baron
| | Noes, 5
Ann Clwyd
Andrew Rosindell
Mr Frank Roy
Sir John Stanley
Nadhim Zahawi
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Question accordingly negatived.
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 91 to 93 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 94 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 95 to 106 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 107 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 108 and 109 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 110 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 111 to 113 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 114 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 115 and 116 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 117 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 118 to 126 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 127 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 128 to 132 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 133 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 134 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 135 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 136 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 137 to 143 read and agreed to.
Summary read.
Amendment proposed, in second page of summary, line
16, to leave out "strongly support" and insert "understand".—(Mr
John Baron.)
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Amendment made.
Amendment proposed, in second page of summary, line
48, to leave out "Nevertheless, in the long term, the Region's
prospects look bright" and to insert "The region faces
challenging times. Prospects will be improved".—(Mr
John Baron.)
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Another Amendment made.
Amendment proposed, in third page of summary, line
6, to leave out, after the word "along", the words "this
path; and with the support and mentoring of the UK and other Western
partners, there is every prospect that in the years to come the
Region will stand out as a beacon of" and to insert "its
path towards".—(Mr John Baron.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 3
Mr John Baron
Mr Frank Roy
Sir John Stanley
| | Noes, 2
Ann Clwyd
Nadhim Zahawi
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Question accordingly agreed to.
Another Amendment made.
Summary, as amended, agreed to.
Annexes agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Eighth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That written
evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet:
KUR 18 Ranj Alaaldin
KUR 19 John Roberts
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 January at 1.45 pm
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