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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 9 February 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Simon Hughes. The answering member was Ivan Lewis.

Conflict Prevention

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on conflict prevention.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
505 c213-36WH 
Session
2009-10
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Simon Hughes | 505 c213-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to Mr. Speaker for selecting the debate on conflict prevention. I am pleased to see i...
Jeremy Corbyn | 505 c215-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. Will he reflect—I am sure that his group ...
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Speaker | 505 c216WH (Link to this contribution) Order, Interventions should be short.
Speaker | 505 c214WH (Link to this contribution) Order. That would not be appropriate.
Simon Hughes | 505 c214-5WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Martlew. I shall try to give a short answer and then return to my central focus. My r...
Ivan Lewis | 505 c214WH (Link to this contribution) I seek clarification from the hon. Gentleman and thank him for his kind words about the role that we...
Simon Hughes | 505 c214WH (Link to this contribution) I can do that, although I do not want to be distracted into turning this into a debate about the fut...
Bob Spink | 505 c214WH (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman is moving away from his introductory remarks, I warmly congratulate him on bri...
Simon Hughes | 505 c214WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to ask that question, because it is on everybody's agenda. I can give hi...
Simon Hughes | 505 c216-7WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, and he has worked long and hard on Latin American issues, as I have, bu...
Ivan Lewis | 505 c233-6WH (Link to this contribution) I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on secur...
David Lidington | 505 c232-3WH (Link to this contribution) That would be a very good way of enabling the House not only to assess the Commonwealth as an instit...
Jo Swinson | 505 c229-31WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on securi...
David Drew | 505 c227-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to play tail gunner and to try to sweep up some of the points that have been made—[Inte...
Simon Hughes | 505 c232WH (Link to this contribution) I strongly associate myself with what the hon. Gentleman says. May I remind him of what the Queen sa...
David Lidington | 505 c231-2WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on securing this de...
John Greenway | 505 c225-6WH (Link to this contribution) I want to bring a quite different dimension to the debate by referring to my involvement in work wit...
Simon Hughes | 505 c226WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to mention the importance of migration. Not only does conflict cause mig...
John Greenway | 505 c226-7WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I wish that there were more time to deal with that, but perhaps we can discuss the issue...
Eric Joyce | 505 c224-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) on his speech. He m...
Gary Streeter | 505 c223-4WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, who speaks from a sedentary position—I am sure that you will feel like ruling him ou...
Gary Streeter | 505 c222-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to follow the other joint chairs of the all-party group. I am attracted to the unilat...
John McDonnell | 505 c221-2WH (Link to this contribution) That is exactly the lesson that we have learned in recent years. The hon. Gentleman mentioned Northe...
Lembit Opik | 505 c221WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, at heart, what he is discussing is predicated on the assumption ...
John McDonnell | 505 c220-1WH (Link to this contribution) I will try to be as brief as possible, Mr. Martlew. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Southwa...
Speaker | 505 c220WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Five hon. Members wish to speak, and I intend to start the winding-up speeches at 12 noon. I ...
Lembit Opik | 505 c217WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate, the subject of which I agree with. Given the ...
Simon Hughes | 505 c217-9WH (Link to this contribution) There are certainly lessons to be learned. My hon. Friend knows much more than I do about Northern I...
Subjects
Armed conflict Security Peace negotiations Conflict prevention Military operations
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