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Proceeding contribution from Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 September 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Libya.


Libya

My right hon. Friend has been circumspect in his references to the documents which have recently emerged, and with good reason, but does he agree that there is one lesson that can be learned at this stage—that particularly when dealing with unsavoury regimes in the shadowy world of intelligence, it is necessary to maintain both fastidiousness and distance so as to avoid accusations of impropriety or illegality?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
532 c30 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Assets Armed conflict Finance Intelligence services Politics and government Terrorism United Nations Torture UN resolutions NATO Reconstruction Libya Gaddafi, Muammar al Megrahi, Abdelbasit Ali Mohmed Fletcher, Yvonne
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk