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Ministerial statement on Monday, 21 March 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Strathclyde.

Libya

Lords statement on Libya.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
726 c457-75 
Session
2010-12
Department
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Anderson of Swansea | 726 c470 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord said that the primary objective is the protection of civilians. Surely under the term...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c470 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I acknowledge my noble friend’s great understanding of Anglo-Libyan relations. I thank him...
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Lord Trefgarne | 726 c470 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am obliged to my noble friend. As someone who has been involved in Anglo-Libyan commerci...
Bishop of Exeter | 726 c471 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Leader of the House share my concern that in an increasingly volatile region ther...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c471 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord raises useful and interesting questions. Under the Security Council resolut...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c471 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Exeter raises some extremely important points. We...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 726 c471-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given that it has taken 28 minutes for a Muslim, and indeed a woman, to get in on these qu...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c472 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her useful intervention. She is quite right to talk about what...
Lord Craig of Radley | 726 c472 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Leader of the House for repeating the Statement. He mentioned that the Libyan ...
Lord McNally | 726 c472 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, shall we hear from the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, first?
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c472-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much as I would like to, I cannot confirm that to the noble and gallant Lord. I can, howev...
Lord Reid of Cardowan | 726 c473 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and gallant Lord referred to resources. Since the primary purpose of this is the...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c473 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Reid, asks an immensely good question. He is right to say that it mig...
Lord Chidgey | 726 c473 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if we are to learn the lessons of Iraq, is it not essential that, during the operations cu...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c473 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend that this is a concern. Of course, what has been happening is...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 726 c474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as regards Security Council Resolution 1973, would not the Leader of the House also agree ...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is extremely important and valuable. I am sure that it is entirely right for the Lord...
Lord Selkirk of Douglas | 726 c474 (Link to this contribution) Will my right honourable and noble friend bear in mind that very serious allegations have been made ...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, our overriding objective is to protect the civilian population in Libya; that is the purpo...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 726 c474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, 95 per cent of Libya’s export earnings come from oil and gas, and 75 per cent of all Libya...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c475 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, different countries take different decisions at different times. No country voted against ...
Lord Bates | 726 c475 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while no one envies the grave task of my noble friend and my right honourable friends the ...
Lord Touhig | 726 c474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, following the questions put by my noble friend Lord Reid and the noble and gallant Lord, L...
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon | 726 c469 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I can invite the Minister to clarify that point which might be open to misundersta...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c469 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, I regard that as a very different point and I am able to clarify that to my noble fri...
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 726 c468 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that, if Gaddafi were to disappear from the scene tomorrow, he wou...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c468 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, however desirable it would be for Colonel Gaddafi to disappear tomorrow, I can confirm tha...
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 726 c469 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House has heard an admirably clear account of how we got here. I was not as convinced ...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c469 (Link to this contribution) That is a good point well made. The comparison with the clarity of the Gulf War involving Kuwait is ...
Lord McNally | 726 c470 (Link to this contribution) Noble Lords are behaving worse with 40 minutes than they did when they had 20 minutes.
Lord McNally | 726 c469 (Link to this contribution) There is another 20 minutes to go. My noble friend Lord Trefgarne was on his feet before.
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c465 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have noted previously that the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, brings his considerable experien...
Lord St John of Fawsley | 726 c465-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of all Back-Benchers in the House, perhaps I may express admiration for our gall...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c466 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join my noble friend, as I know the House does, in paying tribute to our troops who have...
Lord West of Spithead | 726 c466 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may carry on that theme by suggesting to the Leader of the House that it is not ...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c466 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord makes an extremely good point. Qatar is sending military assistance. We ant...
Lord Dholakia | 726 c466-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on this side support the credible and convincing case made by the Prime Minister in the...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c467 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his opening remark that the legality is not in question. He is...
Lord Howe of Aberavon | 726 c467 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this episode, if I may call it that, which has given rise to discussion today, is characte...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c467 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome what my noble and learned friend has said with all his experience and knowledge ...
Lord Judd | 726 c468 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is immensely reassuring that the Government are showing determination that our courageo...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 726 c460-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord the Leader of the House for the Statement that he has just...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c457-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now make a Statement about Libya in order to bring the...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 726 c465 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister accept my thanks for the way that the Government have acted by putting d...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c463-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin with what the noble Baroness said in her closing remarks. We are witnessing, right...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c475 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, British aircraft are currently relocating to bases in southern Italy.
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord says that it is a paradox and he is entirely right—it is a paradox. We reme...
Lord Strathclyde | 726 c468 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome what the noble Lord has said about us operating within the context of internatio...
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Demonstrations Armed conflict Human rights EU action International Criminal Court Politics and government Travel restrictions Violence UN resolutions Sanctions Civil disorder Libya Military intervention UN Security Council UN Human Rights Council Gaddafi, Muammar Freezing of assets
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