ISIL: Iraq and Syria

Debate between Baroness Primarolo and Gerald Howarth

Thursday 16th October 2014 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Dawn Primarolo)]

Order. I ask hon. Members to focus on crisp, single questions to the Foreign Secretary, whom I am sure will give crisp and short answers, so that we can get everybody in and still have time for the debates later.

[Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con)]

First, may I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend’s serious endeavours to get to grips with some very complex problems? He said that having boots on the ground was essential. To ask a crisp question, what are the prospects of getting the Iraqi army retrained—