Proceeding contribution from Philip Hollobone (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 September 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Libya.

Libya

I commend the Prime Minister for his leadership throughout this episode, but may I press him on the issue of cost? What is the latest Treasury estimate of the cost of British intervention in Libya? Given that some $15 billion of assets are about to be unfrozen, given that Libya is an oil-rich nation, and given that the Arab League wanted us to become involved, surely it is not unreasonable to ask for at least a contribution to the cost that the British taxpayer incurred in freeing the country.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 532 c44
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

Libya

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