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Libya and the Middle East

Yes, I think that is absolutely right. We have to work with people in those societies without us in the western world telling them what to do. We have to work with the grain of their cultures and traditions, but the building up of civil society, improvements in human rights and the development of more open political activity should—certainly in my view and clearly in my hon. Friend's view too—include a much increased role for women in those societies. That is something that, in the right way, we should certainly promote.