All 3 Debates between Ben Wallace and Mary Glindon

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Debate between Ben Wallace and Mary Glindon
Monday 5th July 2021

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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The hon. Gentleman will know that we are working on a families’ strategy, and his suggestion is in exactly an area we are working on in that strategy. He is right; when I was serving in Germany in the BAOR—the British Army of the Rhine—where there was a much more settled, huge Army, there were lots of those organisations around, and I think they need some reinvigorating. Whether that is done entirely through the state or through a blend of non-governmental organisations, charities, volunteers and the state is something I would welcome being looked at, and I think there will be some solutions. What he says is totally in line with our policy and view that we have to do more for spouses to help them with their jobs if they move around.

Mary Glindon Portrait Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
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What steps he has taken to help improve transition from the armed forces into employment.

Middle East: Security

Debate between Ben Wallace and Mary Glindon
Tuesday 7th January 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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All my experience with the Iranians indicates that they want Iran to be a nation of the world that is respected and remembered for its culture and position; that is their end state. The challenge is that some think that they should get there in a way that has delivered this type of pariah status for them. We need to point out the importance of the rule of law. It is bizarre, but the Iranians have a very good constitution that they seek to avoid half the time. The way for them to enter into the world of civilised nations again is to behave like one, and that is what we are there to help with and support, and there are many people in the country who know exactly that.

Mary Glindon Portrait Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
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The Secretary of State recognises how the safer and more pluralistic Kurdistan region can play a positive role in the wider efforts to de-escalate the conflict, but it does need stronger assurances about its own security and continuing UK efforts so that it can remain respected and neutral as a player in this situation. Does he now think it is time to implement the promise made to invite the leadership of the Kurdish Regional Government to the UK on an official visit?

Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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What is important is that the Kurds—and, indeed, some of the sectarian groups, or ethnic groups, in the area—understand about security. It is often insecurity that has driven many of these conflicts for dozens of years. Iran feels desperately insecure, often, in its region. The Kurds have often felt insecure because of the history of many nations, including Iran, that have set about them. So the first thing we should all do is seek to find security guarantees for many of these people, and in that way we can set the next process of resolving the problems between the different parts of the middle east.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Wallace and Mary Glindon
Monday 16th October 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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I totally agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It is exactly our goal to keep all those measures, but there is another party on the other side of the negotiating table. We would like to keep those measures, and we will ask for that—perhaps he could ask them, too—and let us hope they give it to us.

Mary Glindon Portrait Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
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7. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of police funding.