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Proceeding contribution from Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 May 2011. It occurred during Urgent question on Libya.

Libya

I agree with my hon. Friend that we are right to consider this in pursuance, as I said, of UNSCR 1973. Gaddafi and his regime remain a real threat to the civilian population in Libya and if we were to take a decision to use an attack helicopter, it would be in pursuit of that resolution. Such helicopters give us a greater ability to pinpoint targets, we are able to operate them from HMS Ocean or other maritime assets, and there is no need for any specific adaptation in order to do that.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
528 c781 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed conflict Libya International cooperation Helicopters Parliamentary scrutiny Military aircraft UN resolutions NATO Military intervention
Link
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