Proceeding contribution from Lord Lilley (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 12 December 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Can the Prime Minister confirm that the biggest single source of income, accounting for up to half of GDP in Afghanistan, is the opium trade, and is not therefore the central dilemma we face how to win the hearts and minds of people while promising to eradicate half their income without offering any concrete alternatives other than the following two words in the statement—““legitimate agriculture””? Does not the failure to face up realistically to this dilemma leave a black hole in the Prime Minister's strategy?
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- 2007-08
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Armed forces Deployment Development aid Drugs Local government Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Security Afghanistan Reconstruction Taliban Opium
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