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Sri Lanka

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

470 c1165-88 

Session

2007-08

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 470 c1174-6 (Link to this contribution) I was coming on to that, and it is an important point, but we must be very temperate and careful in ...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 470 c1176 (Link to this contribution) Some parts of my conversation should not necessarily be in the public domain. I am merely reporting ...

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Keith Vaz | 470 c1176 (Link to this contribution) What was the high commissioner's response when the hon. Gentleman raised that concern with her?

Andrew Love | 470 c1180 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Again, I remind the House that the LTTE decided that it no longer w...

Brian Binley | 470 c1180 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman agrees with me that there is another group of people who need to b...

Andrew Love | 470 c1178-9 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on the measured and...

Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 470 c1176-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the comments of the hon. Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown). I share the view...

Andrew Love | 470 c1179-80 (Link to this contribution) I accept that entirely. I did not intend to give the impression that I was asking for only the odd v...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 470 c1179 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene, especially as I have already made ...

Andrew Love | 470 c1181-2 (Link to this contribution) I agree. One hopes that Norway and the international community can help to play that role. I hope th...

Stephen Hammond | 470 c1181 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene, although I came to listen and lear...

Andrew Love | 470 c1181 (Link to this contribution) I thought for a second that I had hit the gong. I shall be brief in order to allow the Minister plen...

Andrew Love | 470 c1180-1 (Link to this contribution) In my view, the ceasefire that has just been broken was the only game in town. I accept the criticis...

Barry Gardiner | 470 c1180 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is being extremely generous in giving way to hon. Members on both sides of the House....

Barry Gardiner | 470 c1188 (Link to this contribution) Given the threat that my hon. Friend mentioned of the escalation of violence, will he hold discussio...

Kim Howells | 470 c1184-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will pardon me for not giving way; I have an enormous amount of ground to cover. Hav...

Barry Gardiner | 470 c1184 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?

Kim Howells | 470 c1183-4 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on securing this ti...

Jeremy Corbyn | 470 c1182-3 (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief, as I can see the Minister champing at the bit, ready to reply to the debate. We wa...

Kim Howells | 470 c1188 (Link to this contribution) I assure my hon. Friend that we would not supply anyone with arms or dual use material that we perce...

Simon Hughes | 470 c1165-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to Mr. Speaker for selecting for today's Adjournment debate my suggested subject of Go...

Lee Scott | 470 c1168 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman share my concerns that, with the motorway remaining closed and the ceasefire...

Simon Hughes | 470 c1168-9 (Link to this contribution) I understand that the hon. Gentleman spoke at the same meeting as me last night, although he was the...

Jeremy Corbyn | 470 c1169 (Link to this contribution) Earlier the hon. Gentleman mentioned the tsunami and the aid that went to its victims. I am sure tha...

Simon Hughes | 470 c1169 (Link to this contribution) Yes I do. The hon. Gentleman is quite right, and the Under-Secretary of State for International Deve...

Simon Hughes | 470 c1172-3 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely do think that; it was going to be the last of my suggestions for the Government. The UN...

Simon Hughes | 470 c1170-1 (Link to this contribution) He was. I am reassured by what he says; all I know is that there are internationally authenticated c...

Jeremy Corbyn | 470 c1171 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made an important point there. My understanding is that the United Nations Hu...

Barry Gardiner | 470 c1174 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that while we would, of course, wish there to be forbearance on bo...

David Kidney | 470 c1173-4 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on securing this im...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 470 c1174 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you for allowing me to catch your eye, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am also grateful to ...

Simon Hughes | 470 c1169-70 (Link to this contribution) I have not been back to Sri Lanka since the tsunami, so I cannot comment from experience on the grou...

Brian Binley | 470 c1170 (Link to this contribution) indicated assent.

Brian Binley | 470 c1169 (Link to this contribution) I had the good fortune to go to Sri Lanka two years ago, specifically to see how aid money was being...

Subjects

Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Violence Sri Lanka Civil disorder Ceasefires

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