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Proceeding contribution from Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 12 December 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Afghanistan.


Afghanistan

May I say to the Prime Minister that although some of the country might have views about how quickly our troops should withdraw from Afghanistan, the whole country joins him in expressing admiration for the courage that they show? If a single message should be sent from the House and from this country, it is the second message, not the first. I should like to take him back to his statement about the link between the poppy trade and the warlords. Does he accept that no long-term success in Afghanistan will be ours and its people's until that trade is broken? Might I probe him on—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
469 c313-4 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment Development aid Drugs Local government Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Security Afghanistan Reconstruction Taliban Opium
Link
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