Neale Hanvey: ...achievements of the 2014 referendum movement was the creation of new media. One of the strongest voices in that new media was former British ambassador and former Dundee University rector Craig Murray. Craig—a man who is over 60 and in poor health—has recently been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for the contempt of jigsaw identification, which is imprecise, ill-defined and...
Neale Hanvey: ...support the plea of the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on behalf of Mr Lai. However, there is a whiff of hypocrisy in the air. In 2021, former ambassador Craig Murray was imprisoned on the fabricated conceit of jigsaw identification, and Julian Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison for 1,300 or more days. Will the Government lead by example...
Bill Rammell: I do not know. The ambassador, Craig Murray, returned to the UK for medical treatment. It would be inappropriate to comment further on a private matter.
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what directions he gave concerning disciplinary charges laid against Mr. Craig Murray; and if he will make a statement.
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he took the decision to recall HM ambassador to Uzbekistan.
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he was first made aware that disciplinary charges were to be laid against Mr. Craig Murray; and if he will make a statement.
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the disciplinary charges laid against Mr. Craig Murray in August 2003; which of them were subsequently dropped; for what reason they were dropped; and if he will make a statement.
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what directions he gave concerning Mr. Craig Murray's withdrawal as HM ambassador to Uzbekistan; and if he will make a statement.
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from the United States about Mr. Craig Murray's speech at Freedom House on 17 August 2002.
Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the withdrawal of Mr. Craig Murray, former Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set up an inquiry into the leaking of a confidential report from former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, to The Financial Times.
David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what redundancy package was negotiated with Mr. Craig Murray; and whether confidentiality clauses were included.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brent, East dated 28 February 2005 regarding Mr. Craig Murray.
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the claim made by Mr. Craig Murray in his speech to Chatham House on 8 November, that a British businessman this year had his assets awarded by an Uzbek court to an Uzbek former partner who had already been paid for his share.
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the claim made by Mr Craig Murray in his speech to Chatham House on 8 November, that a UK company had its share in a joint enterprise with an Uzbek state entity reduced in a court case of which it had not been informed.
Kenny MacAskill: As a former Scottish Justice Secretary, I am well aware of Scotland’s distinct legal jurisdiction, but broadcasting and human rights are reserved responsibilities. Craig Murray, a Scottish journalist, has been jailed for eight months without appeal. Is the Attorney General able to make any representations to ensure that the European convention on human rights and other protocols are...
Andrew MacKay: ...Leader of the House accept that it is essential for the Foreign Secretary to come here next week and make a statement on our relationship with Uzbekistan? Many of us believe that our ex-ambassador Craig Murray has been treated disgracefully by the Foreign Secretary, and that no action was taken against human rights abuses in that country. We would like the Foreign Secretary to make an...
John Grogan: As regards Uzbekistan, who does my hon. Friend think has the better emphasis? Our splendid ambassador Mr. Craig Murray said recently in a speech that Uzbekistan was "not a functioning democracy", and he drew attention to the fact that there are between 7,000 and 10,000 religious and political prisoners there. In contrast, our esteemed ally Mr. Donald Rumsfeld said in a recent speech that...
Mike O'Brien: ...Korea Haydon Warren-Gash, Morocco Andrew Tesoriere, Latvia Georgina Butler, Costa Rica Andy Ashcroft, Dominican Republic Ian Cliff, Bosnia & Herzegovina George Edgar, Macedonia Ian Soutar, Bulgaria Craig Murray, Uzbekistan Kay Coombs, Honduras Sherard Cowper-Coles, Israel David Landsman, Albania Robin Kealy, Tunisia Philip Rouse, Mongolia Vincent Fean, Malta Fraser Wilson, Seychelles Peter...
Kenny MacAskill: ..., and indeed its legal system. I also served for almost eight years as Justice Secretary, but something has gone fundamentally wrong, not with regard to Julian Assange, but with the situation of Craig Murray. Craig Murray has spent almost six months in a Scottish prison for a reporting offence, while others who did similarly were not punished or even brought before the court. I shall leave...
