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Libya and the Middle East

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

524 c23-46 

Session

2010-12

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Speaker | 524 c35 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am extremely grateful to the Prime Minister for his reply, but may I just say, for future r...

David Winnick | 524 c32 (Link to this contribution) Should we be pleased, given Gaddafi's history, that Britain took part in an arms fair in Libya last ...

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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c32 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. This is a test for everyone. It is a test for NATO, for the Europ...

David Tredinnick | 524 c33 (Link to this contribution) Can my right hon. Friend reassure the House that he has learned the lessons from the failure of the ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c32 (Link to this contribution) I would make the point—I think it is a cross-party point—that this country now has some of the tough...

Tony Lloyd | 524 c32 (Link to this contribution) May I tell the Prime Minister what a great pleasure it is to see him in his place today, because I h...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an extremely good point. We should be having this conversation with oil companie...

Tobias Ellwood | 524 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has described a very fluid series of events. If we step back from them, we can se...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c32 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an extremely good point. The reach of the International Criminal Court and ...

Jo Swinson | 524 c31 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is right to praise the bravery of UK forces and staff in evacuating UK citizens. ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c31 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. It was a pleasure being in Kuwait with Sir John Major, because it w...

Mike Gapes | 524 c31 (Link to this contribution) When he was in Kuwait, as well as promoting arms sales and exports, did the Prime Minister have an o...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c31 (Link to this contribution) As I hope my hon. Friend will have noticed, I have just completed a trip to the Gulf region, and I w...

John Baron | 524 c31 (Link to this contribution) The Government have been absolutely right to support the forces of democratic change, but, further t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) I have had very frank conversations with President Obama about this. I believe in the special relati...

Ben Bradshaw | 524 c30 (Link to this contribution) In his conversations with President Obama, has the Prime Minister emphasised the urgency of the situ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c30 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a good point. The key thing in our engagement should be to ask those on t...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 524 c30 (Link to this contribution) President Mahmoud Abbas has called for elections to the Palestinian Authority. Does my right hon. Fr...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c30 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and it is good to see him in his place. I am trying to ensure...

David Miliband | 524 c30 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has my strong support for the vote that his Government cast at the UN Security Co...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c30 (Link to this contribution) We are exceptionally well served by our Royal Navy, and it is good that not only HMS Cumberland but ...

Duncan Hames | 524 c36 (Link to this contribution) It has been good to hear more muscular liberalism this afternoon. The Prime Minister rightly called ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady always speaks about these issues with great passion. I think that she is right t...

Ann Clwyd | 524 c35 (Link to this contribution) I think that we all wish to record our tremendous admiration for the courage and tenacity of the Lib...

Robert Halfon | 524 c34 (Link to this contribution) My grandfather was one of thousands of Jews who had to leave Libya because of Gaddafi's appropriatio...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c34 (Link to this contribution) That is a somewhat tortured way of making a political point, and I would make one in return. [Interr...

Chris Bryant | 524 c35 (Link to this contribution) Given the circumstances that the Prime Minister has described, is it not increasingly difficult to e...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks with great power. What I have said about relations with Libya is that, while o...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c35 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware of the particular connections that the hon. Gentleman chooses to make, although I am ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c35 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made a good point. Obviously there needs to be a deeper conversation and greater ...

James Gray | 524 c35 (Link to this contribution) I thank and congratulate the brave young airmen and women of RAF Lyneham, which is still in my const...

Frank Dobson | 524 c34 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm that there is nothing new or peculiarly Labour about dodgy relations...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c34 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. We are trying to establish better contact with the oppositi...

William Cash | 524 c34 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend concerned about the prospect of Gaddafi unleashing his significant war machi...

Elfyn Llwyd | 524 c33 (Link to this contribution) Further to the point made by the hon. Member for Walsall North (Mr Winnick), may I point out to the ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c33 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes the important point that we now need to plan for every eventuality. That is why...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an important point. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence has ...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 524 c33 (Link to this contribution) On planning for the future, has the Prime Minister had any discussions with NATO about whether, if w...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c33 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. When Britain—and it was Britain—drafted the text of th...

Tony Baldry | 524 c33 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the unanimous decision by the Security Council to refer Gaddafi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c23-6 (Link to this contribution) Statement I would like to update the House on the evacuation of British nationals from Libya, the ac...

Ed Miliband | 524 c26-8 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the Prime Minister for his statement? I should like to ask him about the four areas he c...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his praise of our armed forces. They have done a magnificent jo...

Richard Ottaway | 524 c29 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Prime Minister that, in view of the complete chaos that has engulfed Libya, there i...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c29 (Link to this contribution) I do think that there are lessons to learn from the deal in the desert. The previous Government were...

Jack Straw | 524 c29 (Link to this contribution) I echo the commendations of our forces and diplomatic and other staff who have worked hard to provid...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c29 (Link to this contribution) I obviously listen to the right hon. Gentleman, given his experience. The cuts to the Foreign Office...

Edward Leigh | 524 c29 (Link to this contribution) It is strange, is it not, that when we have a defence review, we are told that we are no longer a wo...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c39 (Link to this contribution) I have put this on the record many times: I think it was wrong to try and facilitate that release. T...

Jim Sheridan | 524 c39 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding the brave efforts of our military and consular staff at the weekend, if lessons are ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is being slightly unfair. These are not easy things to get right, and we did well...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 524 c39 (Link to this contribution) Given that Colonel Gaddafi's recent behaviour is no surprise to anyone, does the Prime Minister unde...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c38 (Link to this contribution) I take issue with my hon. Friend, in a way. I think we should stop arguing about some of these point...

Frank Roy | 524 c38 (Link to this contribution) Throughout most of last week, hundreds of UK citizens in Libya felt in grave danger and, frankly, ab...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c38 (Link to this contribution) As it happens, I did not, on this occasion, get a reproachful phone call from Prime Minister Netanya...

Lord Tyrie | 524 c38 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister think that the relative inability of the west to offer moral leadership to t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c39 (Link to this contribution) What I can say to my hon. Friend is that we are on the case with this issue. My right hon. Friend th...

Jeremy Lefroy | 524 c39 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, the Prime Minister mentioned the African Union, of which Colonel Gaddafi is a former chairm...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c39 (Link to this contribution) The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Nor...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c37 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks a good question about the capability gap. I argue, however, that recent events d...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c37 (Link to this contribution) I shall make two points to the hon. Gentleman. First, we have revoked a large number of licences, in...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c36 (Link to this contribution) I have never supported Colonel Gaddafi or his regime, and I think that his regime is illegitimate. C...

Denis MacShane | 524 c36 (Link to this contribution) You will recall, Mr Speaker, that 10 days ago, in an urgent question, I begged the Foreign Secretary...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c36 (Link to this contribution) I am not always in complete agreement with the right hon. Gentleman, but this is one such occasion. ...

Penny Mordaunt | 524 c37 (Link to this contribution) Given the capability gap that we have had to accept under the strategic defence and security review ...

Greg Hands | 524 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) Returning to the question asked by the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) on close relations wit...

Gerald Kaufman | 524 c38 (Link to this contribution) In congratulating the right hon. Gentleman on the vote cast by the United Kingdom at the Security Co...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c38 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point that highlights the issues that I raised earlier. It was right to ...

Richard Burden | 524 c40 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister put it graphically when he said that hopes and aspirations that have been smother...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c40 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. In the case of Israel and Palestine, we should make it very clear t...

Rehman Chishti | 524 c40 (Link to this contribution) In light of Colonel Gaddafi's 40 years of violence abroad and tyranny at home, does the Prime Minist...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c40 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. When you look at the so-called deal in the desert, you find a deg...

Andrew Love | 524 c40 (Link to this contribution) Is not the dilemma in Libya that left to its own resources the least likely option is that the Gadda...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c40-1 (Link to this contribution) I agree that we should not just stand by—if Colonel Gaddafi uses military force against his own peop...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 524 c41 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for the personal interest that the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c41 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is trying to get me to prejudge what my right hon. Friend the Chancellor might say in...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) Typically, as the hon. Gentleman will know, Cobra is triggered by the Prime Minister. Let me make it...

Chris Leslie | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister explain the procedure used to trigger a meeting of the Cobra emergency respo...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c41 (Link to this contribution) I very much agree with that. In terms of the soft power to which my hon. Friend refers, this country...

James Morris | 524 c41 (Link to this contribution) On the broader point about the changes that we are seeing in the middle east, does the Prime Ministe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c41 (Link to this contribution) I have not seen those specific reports, but clearly a number of people have been murdered in Tripoli...

Baroness Berger | 524 c41 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister tell the House what reports he has received about the killing of people in T...

Thomas Docherty | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Luciana Berger)...

Speaker | 524 c46 (Link to this contribution) I must thank the Prime Minister and all colleagues, whose succinctness meant that no fewer than 53 B...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c46 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point, and there are urgent conversations under way about that. At ...

Speaker | 524 c46 (Link to this contribution) Order. We will leave it there.

Philip Hollobone | 524 c46 (Link to this contribution) It is obviously right to send assistance to tackle the growing refugee problem on Libya's borders, b...

Speaker | 524 c46 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am always interested to hear the hon. Gentleman, who is an extremely keen and assiduous new...

Alun Cairns | 524 c45 (Link to this contribution) My constituent, Richard Foscolo, was stranded in the desert in Ghani in an oilfield. He returned hom...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c45 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, and there are lessons to learn about how information is shared. I...

Andrew Bridgen | 524 c45-6 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that much of what we have heard from the Opposition over the past week...

Rory Stewart | 524 c44 (Link to this contribution) Libya is a wake-up call that Afghanistan is not the only country that matters in the world. It shows...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c44 (Link to this contribution) I do not think this is an either/or. I know that my hon. Friend has considerable experience in Afgha...

Andrew Percy | 524 c44 (Link to this contribution) The past few weeks have shown that not everything in the middle east is necessarily contingent upon ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c45 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, although we should not be pessimistic about the effect of greater...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c44 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend has an interest in this, because his son is a Chinook pilot and has serve...

Andy Slaughter | 524 c44 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Prime Minister once said that the Prime Minister is amazingly flaky on foreign affairs. F...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c44 (Link to this contribution) That question was the definition of flaky. I went to Egypt, an important country whose democratic tr...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c43 (Link to this contribution) The trip down memory lane that I was taking was to Kuwait with John Major to celebrate the fact that...

Peter Bone | 524 c43-4 (Link to this contribution) I, like most Government Members, thought it immensely impressive that the Prime Minister was in the ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c43 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his question. The most important thing is to encourage countries to take ...

Helen Goodman | 524 c43 (Link to this contribution) Before the Prime Minister takes too many cosy trips down memory lane with Sir John Major, perhaps he...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c43 (Link to this contribution) I disagree—I would like to make people happy, but I do not agree. It was a long-arranged trip, and i...

Stephen Hammond | 524 c43 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister and the Chancellor on their quick action to prevent moneys being e...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We are doing extensive work looking at the number of British...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) Let us be clear: murder on the streets of Tripoli is the responsibility of Colonel Gaddafi and his m...

David Rutley | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement, the successful rescue missions and the leadership that UK ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c33 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman makes a good point. If we look at the whole terms of the deal done in the d...

Jeremy Corbyn | 524 c37 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement and the reconvening of the UN Human Rights Council, whi...

Speaker | 524 c37 (Link to this contribution) Order. Many hon. Members are still seeking to contribute, but there is pressure on time as we also h...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware of that, but I think that the full terms of the deal in the desert need to be made cl...

Henry Smith | 524 c42 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister say whether the military agreement signed by the previous Government was used...

Lord Walney | 524 c43 (Link to this contribution) We share the Prime Minister's objective of having a successful and stringently controlled defence ex...

Subjects

British nationals abroad Arms trade Human rights Immunity from prosecution International Criminal Court Politics and government Press freedom Travel restrictions Violence Repatriation UN resolutions Sanctions Civil disorder Middle East Libya Tunisia Embassies North Africa Gaddafi, Muammar Freezing of assets

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