Urgent question on Tuesday, 10 October 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hague of Richmond. The answering member was Baroness Beckett.

North Korea Nuclear Test

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 450 c163
Session: 2005-06
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Hague of Richmond | 450 c163 (Link to this contribution) (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to make a full...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c163 (Link to this contribution) On 9 October, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Foreign Ministry announced that it had condu...; Mark Pritchard | 450 c170-1 (Link to this contribution) Does not the nuclear test in North Korea show the strategic foresight of Japan, Australia and South ...; Denis MacShane | 450 c169 (Link to this contribution) It was rather shaming to hear that it was the fault of Britain and the United States that the nuclea...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) We have not yet finalised the sanctions package, so it is not easy to assess how long it might take ...; Malcolm Rifkind | 450 c167 (Link to this contribution) Does the Foreign Secretary agree that a failure by the Security Council to impose serious sanctions ...; Harry Cohen | 450 c167 (Link to this contribution) North Korea is patently unwise to starve its people for this nuclear weapon, which actually puts the...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c167-8 (Link to this contribution) We very much support the Government of South Korea and fully sympathise with the terrible anxiety th...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c167 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that my hon. Friend is mistaken in thinking that all this followed on from or was exacer...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c169 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I accept that this is an issue on which the UN needs to act with unity, but also with strength....; Lord Redwood | 450 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) How long does the Foreign Secretary think that it would take for the sanctions package that she prop...; Julian Lewis | 450 c168-9 (Link to this contribution) I was just about to ask whether Libya had any lessons for North Korea, in the way in which Britain a...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c170 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps this is not the right day to dwell on the issue of regime change, but the Government do what...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c170 (Link to this contribution) No, I cannot give the hon. Gentleman the confirmation that he seeks. Certainly there are memorandums...; Michael Moore | 450 c166 (Link to this contribution) We join the unanimity across the House in condemning the nuclear test by North Korea. It is a danger...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c166 (Link to this contribution) No, I do not agree that any stance taken up to now has in some way encouraged North Korea. It is cle...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c163-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his support. He has asked me a great many questions, w...; Greg Hands | 450 c170 (Link to this contribution) I have visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is probably the most repressive regime ...; William Cash | 450 c169 (Link to this contribution) In relation to the United Nations Security Council and the effectiveness of the UN, does the Foreign...; Hugh Robertson | 450 c170 (Link to this contribution) During the cold war the nuclear powers agreed a series of memorandums to try to prevent exactly the ...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c165-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. It is clear from the conversation that I had with the Chinese...; Doug Henderson | 450 c166-7 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the initiatives that my right hon. Friend has taken, particularly her contact with the Chi...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c166-7 (Link to this contribution) I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend, who is exactly right. The purpose of sanctions being tak...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c168-9 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the hon. Gentleman if I stole his thunder, or his line; I recognise his experience on...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 450 c163-5 (Link to this contribution) May I express to the Foreign Secretary the strong support of the Opposition for the declared policy ...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c169 (Link to this contribution) It would be a grave error to suggest that the six-party talks are dead. Everyone is trying to encour...; Lord Tyrie | 450 c169 (Link to this contribution) In the Government’s view, is the six-party talks process suspended or dead?; Baroness Beckett | 450 c169 (Link to this contribution) I recognise the point that my right hon. Friend makes about the grave concern felt, especially in So...; Paul Flynn | 450 c168 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that there have been two American policies on North Korea? The first...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c167 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman makes a valid point. As I said to his right hon. Friend the Mem...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c170-1 (Link to this contribution) That is a very interesting question—and I am sure that my colleague the Secretary of State for Defen...; Gavin Strang | 450 c165-6 (Link to this contribution) I recognise that this is one of those occasions when the whole House will applaud the actions that m...; Baroness Beckett | 450 c168 (Link to this contribution) I hear what my hon. Friend says, but I have to say that although there may be days when people in th...; Ed Davey | 450 c167-8 (Link to this contribution) Will the Foreign Secretary send the strongest possible message of support to the South Korean Govern...
Subjects: Nuclear weapons Proliferation Security Testing Sanctions North Korea UN Security Council
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