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Proceeding contribution from Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 June 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on European Council.


European Council

I am grateful for my hon. Friend's question. The key is to try to get the maximum number of countries behind the most specific list of sanctions possible. I think that what we have had in recent years is a lot of talk about sanctions and a lot of commitments to sanctions. Now is the time for countries actually to come up with what they are specifically going to target in terms of bank accounts, trade finance, oil and gas works and the rest. That is what should happen. My hon. Friend asked for a specific date as to when this should be assessed; I think it is an ongoing process. What we are trying to do here is tip the balance in the mind of Iran in terms of making progressing with a nuclear weapon more expensive, in order to get it to think again. There is no one date for that; it should be continually assessed.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
512 c40 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Development aid Budgets EU enlargement Financial institutions EU internal trade Economic situation EU action Economic and monetary union Public finance Taxation Sanctions Afghanistan European Council Iran Iceland Trade competitiveness G20
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