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UK Relations: Libya

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

534 c193-215WH 

Session

2010-12

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c201-2WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. I have had meetings with leading industrialists, and with various A...

Stephen Gilbert | 534 c203-4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made my point far more eloquently than me. He has also pre-empted a point tha...

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Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c204WH (Link to this contribution) I have visited the beautiful Roman ruins in Libya of Leptis Magna and Sabratha, which are the best R...

Stephen Gilbert | 534 c202-3WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much, Mr Gray, for calling me to speak. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairman...

Bob Stewart | 534 c203WH (Link to this contribution) The most important matter that must be addressed by those in authority in Libya is ensuring the secu...

Robert Halfon | 534 c205-7WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend. Being British, I blush at such compliments. I do not want this to turn into ...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c205WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to intervene so early in my hon. Friend's speech, but he has kindly mentioned my book on ...

Robert Halfon | 534 c205WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member...

Stephen Gilbert | 534 c204-5WH (Link to this contribution) There are opportunities not only for British business in reconstruction, but for British tourism and...

Bob Stewart | 534 c207WH (Link to this contribution) It was not so much the armchair generals. The armchair generals were right that we had no land force...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c197WH (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting point, and the Minister will have to deal with the Government's position on t...

Graham Stringer | 534 c197WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. He is making a fairly straightf...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c197-8WH (Link to this contribution) Yes. The hon. Gentleman makes a good point; there are allegations of atrocities on both sides. My ho...

Bob Stewart | 534 c198WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, have met Crown Prince Mohammed, although he is not as big a friend to me as he is to my hon....

Speaker | 534 c198WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is straying off the subject.

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c198WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend, but after 42 years of absolute and tyrannical despotism, it is not unre...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c198-200WH (Link to this contribution) Sorry, Mr Gray. I had to get that one in; I could not resist. If we can have referendums on trivia s...

Jim Shannon | 534 c201WH (Link to this contribution) In my constituency, there are a number of companies that are very keen to do business in the region....

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c200-1WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that. I recently had a meeting with a lieutenant-colonel who had served in ...

Glyn Davies | 534 c194WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend regret that the Scottish Government have not apologised for what happened, given...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c194WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I totally concur with my hon. Friend. Indeed, I think that we were told that he had less than t...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c193-4WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for calling me to speak in the debate, Mr Gray. Some time ago, the late Robin Cook—a man o...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c196WH (Link to this contribution) I agree. In fact, my understanding is that one of the people involved in his death was from Misrata,...

Bob Stewart | 534 c196WH (Link to this contribution) At the point of capture, it is difficult to control forces that were not particularly under control ...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c196WH (Link to this contribution) I very much agree with my hon. Friend.

Robert Halfon | 534 c196WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that what happened to Gaddafi and the manner of his death make it all the ...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c194-6WH (Link to this contribution) I totally concur with my hon. Friend. The United Kingdom's reputation was greatly damaged at the tim...

Robert Halfon | 534 c194WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Does he agree that the release of al-Megr...

Jeremy Browne | 534 c214-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention. Let me make it clear: the British Government do not have a posi...

Bob Stewart | 534 c214WH (Link to this contribution) I shall make only one point. I suspect that the Minister will not mention the matter of Crown Prince...

Ian Lucas | 534 c211WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's contribution. There are opportunities in the commercial spher...

Bob Stewart | 534 c211WH (Link to this contribution) The business infrastructure in Libya is excellent, if we consider that it is in Africa. We should wa...

Bob Stewart | 534 c210WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Ian Lucas | 534 c210WH (Link to this contribution) It is important that we grasp the opportunity to contribute commercially, which means creating jobs ...

Jim Shannon | 534 c210WH (Link to this contribution) After the Kuwait war and the tremendous contribution made by British armed forces to that victory, a...

Ian Lucas | 534 c209-10WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that last week, the UN voted unanimously to end the no-fly zone, which has now been l...

Jeremy Browne | 534 c213-4WH (Link to this contribution) The short answer is no. I have not had a clear indication, but I share the hon. Gentleman's concern....

Jeremy Browne | 534 c211-3WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Gray, for allowing me the opportunity to conclude the debate. It is an honour for me t...

Ian Lucas | 534 c213WH (Link to this contribution) As was said in the debate, we are all concerned about the circumstances of Colonel Gaddafi's death. ...

Robert Halfon | 534 c207-8WH (Link to this contribution) I have made my point about the previous Government's appeasement of Gaddafi, which sets the context,...

Speaker | 534 c207WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is stepping beyond the usual realms of courtesy in this place.

Speaker | 534 c209WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We are drifting a little wide of the topic. We should focus on UK relations with Libya.

Ian Lucas | 534 c208-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Shrew...

Daniel Kawczynski | 534 c207WH (Link to this contribution) Many British businessmen coming back from Tripoli have alleged to me that they heard that Mr Blair p...

Robert Halfon | 534 c207WH (Link to this contribution) I bow to my hon. Friend's incredible experience in these matters, but I was not arguing about what k...

Ian Lucas | 534 c209WH (Link to this contribution) Well, there has been a great deal of criticism of Labour regarding the ethical dimension of foreign ...

Speaker | 534 c209WH (Link to this contribution) Order. My ruling is that we return to the question under debate, namely UK relations with Libya. Not...

Ian Lucas | 534 c209WH (Link to this contribution) I accept your ruling, Mr Gray, although Hansard will record our previous discussion of other matters...

Jeremy Browne | 534 c200WH (Link to this contribution) I would not normally interrupt a speech at this point, but I would like to reassure my hon. Friend o...

Bob Stewart | 534 c196-7WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for making a second intervention, but I have given evidence in five trials at The Hague,...

Ian Lucas | 534 c210-1WH (Link to this contribution) I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, who has made a number of interesting contributions to this de...

Speaker | 534 c209WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman must now return to the question under debate, or he will resume his seat. ...

Subjects

Armed conflict Foreign relations Reconstruction Libya Gaddafi, Muammar al Megrahi, Abdelbasit Ali Mohmed

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