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Lebanon and the Middle East

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

453 c73-93WH 

Session

2006-07

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Andrew Love | 453 c76WH (Link to this contribution) I was pleased that there seemed to be unanimity in Lebanon towards the Prime Minister’s approach. He...

Andrew Love | 453 c73-5WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Weir. I want to draw attention to my entry in the Register of Member...

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Richard Burden | 453 c75WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with everything that my hon. Friend has said, and I endorse what he says about Shebaa farms....

Andrew Love | 453 c75WH (Link to this contribution) That is absolutely correct. The farms issue predates all recent issues, and it is undoubtedly a sour...

Lee Scott | 453 c75-6WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman also agree that a source of tension would be removed if UN resolutions were ...

Andrew Love | 453 c76WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing up that point. I was just about to come to it, because it re...

James Clappison | 453 c76WH (Link to this contribution) I have been listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s interesting speech, and I apologise for arri...

Andrew Love | 453 c76WH (Link to this contribution) The inquiry is an important development, which I support 100 per cent. That view is not universally ...

Tom Levitt | 453 c76WH (Link to this contribution) I was with my hon. Friend in Lebanon a couple of weeks ago, and I am sure that he would wish to conf...

Andrew Love | 453 c77WH (Link to this contribution) That is why I welcome the UN tribunal. It is primarily intended to clear up the matter and provide e...

Jane Kennedy | 453 c77WH (Link to this contribution) Does not my hon. Friend agree that although discussions with Syria would be beneficial, there are se...

James Clappison | 453 c78WH (Link to this contribution) Given that the assassination of Pierre Gemayel took place on the day on which the tribunal that will...

Andrew Love | 453 c78-9WH (Link to this contribution) Yes. It would not seem to be beyond the ability of the international community or the Lebanese autho...

Kim Howells | 453 c77WH (Link to this contribution) That is an important point, and I wonder whether my hon. Friend could just tease it out a little for...

Andrew Love | 453 c77-8WH (Link to this contribution) First, I should affirm that we are talking about reconstruction, rather than the aid process. The an...

Kim Howells | 453 c81WH (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman knows Syria well. Can he tell us whether he detects any appetite in t...

Crispin Blunt | 453 c81WH (Link to this contribution) Not at the moment. I think that the Syrian Government feel that they are fixed in position; they see...

Speaker | 453 c79WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I intend to take the winding-up speeches from about 10.30 am, so I appeal for brevity from sp...

Crispin Blunt | 453 c79-80WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Edmonton (Mr. Love) on securing the debate. I am a co-chairman of...

Tom Levitt | 453 c81-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Mr. Love) on securing the debate. He and I, w...

Tom Levitt | 453 c84WH (Link to this contribution) There are many ways in which Israel could help to correct the problems caused by the deliberate and ...

Shahid Malik | 453 c84WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend rightly said that two or three children a day were dying as a result of cluster bombs...

Jeremy Browne | 453 c86-8WH (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Edmonton (Mr. Love) for securing this debate. I share some hist...

Keith Simpson | 453 c88-90WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Edmonton (Mr. Love) and other colleagues who participated in the ...

Kim Howells | 453 c90-2WH (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Mr. Love) on giving us the opportunity...

Shahid Malik | 453 c84WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend may recollect that the Mines Advisory Group, which works in Lebanon to deal with clus...

Tom Levitt | 453 c84-5WH (Link to this contribution) Everything that we can do on a diplomatic front, including trying to obtain such information, should...

Speaker | 453 c85WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the right hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Jane Kennedy), I should remind ...

Jane Kennedy | 453 c85-6WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that reminder, Mr. Weir. I am conscious of that fact and shall keep to the brief few m...

Kim Howells | 453 c93WH (Link to this contribution) I have no doubt whatsoever that there is a much bigger agenda and that Hezbollah will find many reas...

Jane Kennedy | 453 c92-3WH (Link to this contribution) Clearly the issue of Shebaa farms must be resolved, but in terms of Hezbollah’s armament and continu...

Kim Howells | 453 c92WH (Link to this contribution) I am very glad to respond to that because when I was in Beirut in the middle of the bombardment Prim...

Richard Burden | 453 c92WH (Link to this contribution) There is never enough time in these debates to cover everything, but before the Minister finishes, c...

Speaker | 453 c93WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Unfortunately, we have run out of time. We now move on to the next debate.

Subjects

Armed conflict Security UN resolutions Israel Palestine Syria Middle East Hezbollah Peace negotiations Lebanon Ceasefires

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