Geoff Hoon
Geoff Hoon
Geoffrey William Hoonis a British politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Ashfield from 1992 to 2010. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1953
available ensuring inexorably lead military options process range
What we are doing is ensuring that we have a range of military options available should they be required, ... This process does not lead inexorably to military action.
accept decided government request
The government has decided that we should accept the U.S. request for assistance,
nuclear development weapons
We assess that there is no significant threat to the UK from nuclear weapons at present, but developments continue to be monitored closely. We remain committed to limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons through our international treaty obligations, and national programmes.
party compassion views
I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.
soldier injury ministers
Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries.
government made referendums
The Government have made it clear that the constitutional treaty will be ratified in the UK only after a referendum.
alliances would-be kabul
I would be quite happy to see the Northern Alliance steam across northern Afghanistan and take Kabul.
tape analysis hussein
We are well aware that he spent many hours recently tape recording various messages... we need to do a little more analysis of what was actually said to see if that indeed was in fact Saddam Hussein,
condemned massive responsibility scale taking
We could be condemned on a massive scale for taking an abdication of responsibility,
although claim fairly stop winter
With winter on the horizon, they could fairly claim to have done enough, although we don't want to stop them at all,
clearly closely listen setting wish
We are setting out very clearly what has happened. I wish sometimes journalists would listen a little more closely to what we are actually saying.
assistance best civil coordinate enhanced military sets work
This work sets out how military arrangements for liaising with the civil authorities could be enhanced and how best to coordinate military assistance to them if requested.
action easier hussein saddam taking time
To do nothing, to give Saddam Hussein time without end, as he wishes, would be easier than taking action, certainly.
mission risk safety security
to do so would risk the operational security of the mission and potentially the safety of our forces.