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Japan and the Middle East

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Parliamentary proceeding

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525 c25-47 

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2010-12

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Prime Minister

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House of Commons chamber

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Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Written statements
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

John Baron | 525 c46 (Link to this contribution) May I suggest a note of caution to my right hon. Friend about a no-fly zone? Our record of intervent...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c46 (Link to this contribution) Of course we have to show caution and forethought and we have to think through all the consequences ...

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Henry Smith | 525 c46 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister join me in paying tribute to fire and rescue service officers from West Suss...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c46-7 (Link to this contribution) I certainly take great pleasure in praising people in the emergency services from my hon. Friend's c...

Speaker | 525 c47 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Prime Minister and the House.

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c35 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank my hon. Friend for his kind remarks, and the temptation to be pulled down a particula...

Bernard Jenkin | 525 c35 (Link to this contribution) I really think that my right hon. Friend deserves congratulations on the fact that a fortnight ago h...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c35 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is extremely consistent in his line of questioning about this issue, and he is ri...

David Winnick | 525 c35 (Link to this contribution) The United Nations Security Council is the right way to pursue this matter. Was there any explanatio...

Nicholas Dakin | 525 c35 (Link to this contribution) In several questions the Prime Minister has reinforced the point he made in his statement that much ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c34 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks with great passion about these issues. The point I would make about the lesson...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, who speaks with great passion about these things, puts it in a very particular way. ...

Lord McCabe | 525 c34 (Link to this contribution) Was there any discussion at the European Council about the desirability of EU nations now recognisin...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c37 (Link to this contribution) Let me try to reassure my hon. Friend, and through him people who are concerned about this matter. T...

Peter Bone | 525 c37 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister think there is a danger that by the time the international community agrees ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c37 (Link to this contribution) We did discuss the wider region. The country that is probably of the most concern at the moment is Y...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c36 (Link to this contribution) There is now an arms embargo that should be policed. As many hon. Members will know, sometimes the p...

Jo Swinson | 525 c36 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister share my concern at the arrival of Saudi troops in Bahrain following the pro...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c36 (Link to this contribution) Of course, everyone should have the right to peaceful protest. In Bahrain, the King and the Crown Pr...

Gerald Kaufman | 525 c36 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman join me in condemning utterly the barbaric slaughter inflicted on the ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c36 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is entirely right. Like others, I read about that case over the weekend and...

Edward Leigh | 525 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) Is not one of the lessons of Afghanistan that arming insurgents against a regime that we do not like...

Clive Efford | 525 c39 (Link to this contribution) The fact that arms that could have been sold by this country and many other western countries are be...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c39 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks with great expertise about these matters. There is an Arab face on this alread...

Julian Brazier | 525 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that a solution can be found before time runs out only if it has an ...

Yasmin Qureshi | 525 c38 (Link to this contribution) I know that the Prime Minister recognises the fact that the no-fly zone is not an easy option. In li...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c38 (Link to this contribution) I made a statement two weeks ago and I am making a statement today. We will have a further debate la...

Rory Stewart | 525 c38 (Link to this contribution) While welcoming the consensus on both sides of the House that we need a coalition and cannot freelan...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c38 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks an extremely good question. Those discussions are actually ongoing, and the UN S...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c38 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that the Government are being inconsistent. We have said throughout this that the r...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c37 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point—the clock is ticking. There is a strong case for saying that time ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c40 (Link to this contribution) We are assisting the Egyptian people at this time—we hope—of transition. When I went to Cairo, I met...

Andy Slaughter | 525 c40 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his comments on settlement building, but what are the Government doin...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c40 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good question. The point is that a no-fly zone may not make a decisive military diffe...

Mark Pritchard | 525 c40 (Link to this contribution) May I offer the Prime Minister my full support and congratulate him on his leadership? What more can...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c40 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, while some of the military has remained loyal to Gaddafi, a lot of the military supports th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c39 (Link to this contribution) There was not that discussion at the European Council on Friday, because we were really talking abou...

William Cash | 525 c39 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will understand if I tell him that I was a little troubled to hear him say that w...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c39 (Link to this contribution) As I have said in answer to several hon. Members, we do not rule those things out. We will look clos...

Mark Hendrick | 525 c40 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question from the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone), has the Prime Minister as...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c42 (Link to this contribution) This is an important point for people who are traditionally sceptical about these sorts of measures....

Duncan Hames | 525 c41 (Link to this contribution) Regional support has now been given, and the need is demonstrated. Five years ago, Heads of State at...

Tony Baldry | 525 c41 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the Government intend that sooner or later Gaddafi and those ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c41 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. I am sure that the head of the nuclear inspectorate, who is d...

Chris Leslie | 525 c41 (Link to this contribution) There are many dimensions to the tragedy in Japan, but on the lessons to be learned for emergency pl...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c41 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman puts his point very strongly. We hope that the Security Council takes such action...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 525 c42 (Link to this contribution) In welcoming my right hon. Friend's stance in leading the international community in taking difficul...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a point. There are many lessons to learn from all stages of the conflict in the ...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 525 c41 (Link to this contribution) Learning from previous no-fly zones, will the Prime Minister confirm that with hindsight it was wron...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c42 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, we want to have the widest possible international support. Also, we should not proceed wi...

Andrew Love | 525 c42 (Link to this contribution) On the one hand, the Prime Minister has been urged to take action as soon as possible, because of th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c42 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for what he says. The point I made two weeks ago was not that we should intro...

Andrew Bridgen | 525 c42 (Link to this contribution) Does not the welcome support of the Arab League for a no-fly zone show that the Prime Minister was b...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c43 (Link to this contribution) The aeroplane that is not being used at all in Afghanistan is the highly capable Typhoon, in which t...

Nick Smith | 525 c43 (Link to this contribution) Regarding the no-fly zone, the National Audit Office says we have just eight Typhoon pilots trained ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c43 (Link to this contribution) I did not know about my hon. Friend's brave record in flying for the Air Force in a no-fly zone. He ...

Jason McCartney | 525 c43 (Link to this contribution) Having served in Operation Warden in the no-fly zone over northern Iraq in the 1990s, I echo the Pri...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c43 (Link to this contribution) We have to put aside our personal preferences and prejudices about nuclear power and ask some tough ...

Paul Flynn | 525 c43 (Link to this contribution) Should we not avoid a rush to complacency on nuclear safety? The pictures from Fukushima have alread...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c43-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks an important question. What we have done so far has focused on the Egyptian and ...

David Rutley | 525 c43 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's efforts to engage the international community in developing a robust ...

Nadhim Zahawi | 525 c44-5 (Link to this contribution) Gaddafi winning would be the biggest nightmare for the Libyan people. Two weeks ago, the Prime Minis...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c44 (Link to this contribution) I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. I spoke to our ambassador at lunchtime today, a...

Paul Uppal | 525 c44 (Link to this contribution) Is not the tragic situation in Japan made even more acute by the country's demographic time bomb? Li...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c44 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. There is now special stabilisation funding, which is under all so...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 525 c44 (Link to this contribution) In the light of recent events, has the time come to expand the stabilisation unit?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c44 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary has probably lost count of the number of times he has spoken to Secretary of S...

Thomas Docherty | 525 c44 (Link to this contribution) Leaving aside the juvenile and puerile crack from the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (And...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c45 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, the conditions for a no-fly zone must include the existence of regional support. Man...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c45 (Link to this contribution) This has been a perennial debate about whether the UN should have more specific capacity to act. We ...

Neil Carmichael | 525 c45 (Link to this contribution) I applaud the Prime Minister for the leadership he has shown during this crisis. May I draw his atte...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c46 (Link to this contribution) The Rwandan example is a powerful one, partly because of the immense scale of the barbarous murder t...

Mary MacLeod | 525 c46 (Link to this contribution) I know that my right hon. Friend has visited Rwanda. During the genocide there, the UN retreated and...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c45 (Link to this contribution) A number of people have speculated about that. From the information that I have, I would say that th...

Rehman Chishti | 525 c45 (Link to this contribution) In the light of the recent demands by the protesters in Bahrain for the monarchy to step down and fo...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c46 (Link to this contribution) The nuclear industry here in the UK has a strong safety record, but it must never be complacent, bec...

David Morris | 525 c45 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend give a categorical assurance to the nuclear power industry in the United K...

Tony Lloyd | 525 c33 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is right that the logic of a no-fly zone is to prevent aggression by Gaddafi agai...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c33 (Link to this contribution) We will of course listen and respond to all suggestions. It seems to me that the first thing that ne...

Simon Hughes | 525 c32 (Link to this contribution) May I associate all my party colleagues with the condolences and sympathy expressed by the Prime Min...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c32 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. I think that John Major was right, and I discussed this speci...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c33 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. Everyone will have seen the words of the Arab Lea...

Mike Weir | 525 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) First and foremost, our thoughts are with the people of Japan at this terrible time, and whatever ou...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c33 (Link to this contribution) First, to deal with the issue of urgency, there is a range of opinions on what is happening on the g...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 525 c33 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's analysis, and his tying down of the conditions to proceed, but does h...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c34 (Link to this contribution) We have an excellent nuclear safety record in this country, but we should never be complacent. When ...

Roger Gale | 525 c34 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has commendably promoted action rather than words. In remembering the lessons o...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c31 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend made a strong and persuasive argument in his newspaper article this...

Jack Straw | 525 c31 (Link to this contribution) I was going to ask the Prime Minister about the nature of the duties on the Security Council. Five y...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c31 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman has considerable expertise on this issue. The responsibility to protect has...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his questions, and I particularly welcome what he said about Ja...

Malcolm Rifkind | 525 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that the Gaddafi regime has already internationalised the conflict in ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c32 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, a lot has been written and said about this issue, and I totally understand the argument, ...

Speaker | 525 c32 (Link to this contribution) Order. Approximately 50 Members are still seeking to catch my eye. I am keen to accommodate them, so...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c25-7 (Link to this contribution) Statement Before I turn to discussions at last week's European Council, I am sure that the whole Hou...

Ed Miliband | 525 c27-9 (Link to this contribution) May I start by associating myself with the Prime Minister's remarks about the Japanese earthquake an...

Peter Tapsell | 525 c34 (Link to this contribution) Do President Obama and Chancellor Merkel support the idea of an intervention in another Islamic stat...

Keith Vaz | 525 c37 (Link to this contribution) Was there any discussion at the European Council about the situation in Yemen? The Prime Minister wi...

Jeremy Corbyn | 525 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister explain exactly what are his principles on condemnation and potential milita...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c41 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can certainly make that point. It is a very strong point. We talk about pressurising the regi...

Mike Gapes | 525 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to learning the lessons from Iraq. He also said that time is of the esse...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 525 c34 (Link to this contribution) There was a discussion about that, and the Council's conclusions talk about the Benghazi council bei...

Richard Ottaway | 525 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) I very much agree with the Prime Minister's proposals to make the countries of the middle east bigge...

Subjects

British nationals abroad Disaster relief Humanitarian aid EU action International Criminal Court Japan Nuclear power stations Politics and government Natural disasters UN resolutions Civil disorder European Council Middle East Earthquakes Libya North Africa Gaddafi, Muammar Tsunami

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