Ministerial statement on Monday, 11 June 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hague of Richmond.

Syria

Statement on the political situation in Syria.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 546 cc31-47
Session: 2012-13
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 cc32-5 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on Syria.
The whole House will be unit...; Douglas Alexander | 546 cc35-7 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement and for advance sight of it. If anyone was in any...; John Bercow | 546 c37 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I am listening intently to the shadow Foreign Secretary. He has provided much food for tho...; Douglas Alexander | 546 c37 (Link to this contribution)
Indeed, Mr Speaker.
There is one final question that I should like to pose to the Foreign S...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 cc37-9 (Link to this contribution)
As the right hon. Gentleman said, the facts about the terrible atrocities that have been committe...; Peter Tapsell | 546 c38 (Link to this contribution)
May I suggest to my right hon. Friend that if any British joint military intervention is ever con...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c38 (Link to this contribution)
There are many points in history, including the one that my right hon. Friend points out, that sh...; Jack Straw | 546 c38 (Link to this contribution)
We all understand the necessary caution regarding going beyond the existing diplomatic measures, ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c38 (Link to this contribution)
That is a good point. I do not know what Russia’s private assessment is of that damage, but there...; Malcolm Rifkind | 546 c40 (Link to this contribution)
Over the weekend the Foreign Secretary made the important comparison between Syria today and Bosn...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c40 (Link to this contribution)
While not fundamentally disagreeing in all circumstances that might arise with my right hon. and ...; Lord Hain | 546 c40 (Link to this contribution)
We are all caught between horror at what is going on, and Britain’s and the west’s failure over B...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c41 (Link to this contribution)
That is entirely the case that we are making. Of course we often make some criticism of their pos...; Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 546 c41 (Link to this contribution)
I do not often disagree with my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kensington (Sir Malc...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c41 (Link to this contribution)
In line with my earlier answer, I take my right hon. and learned Friend’s strong note of caution ...; Chris Bryant | 546 c41 (Link to this contribution)
I just wonder whether the carrot approach works very well with Russia. The United States of Ameri...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c41 (Link to this contribution)
The whole House has just been discussing how to persuade Russia to change its position. I do not ...; Richard Ottaway | 546 c42 (Link to this contribution)
On that point, the Foreign Secretary is right to continue his support for the Annan plan, but he ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c42 (Link to this contribution)
No, I would not be encouraged by that. As I said in my statement, in any such international confe...; Glenda Jackson | 546 c42 (Link to this contribution)
Several of my constituents have asked why the UN right to protection has not been exercised. Does...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c42 (Link to this contribution)
Of course, the best way to protect the people of Syria is to arrive at a peaceful solution and ha...; Edward Leigh | 546 c43 (Link to this contribution)
Any western intervention, such as arming the rebels, would make the disasters of Afghanistan and ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c43 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the Russians and all of us have a sophisticated understanding of the country, but tha...; Ann Clwyd | 546 c43 (Link to this contribution)
On a day when Homs is yet again being pounded into the ground, it is very difficult to stand back...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c43 (Link to this contribution)
It is sadly true that nations have signed up to commitments and to principles under United Nation...; Julian Lewis | 546 c43 (Link to this contribution)
To what extent do the Government believe that the possession in Syria of major Russian technical ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c44 (Link to this contribution)
Russia has a range of defence and, one has to assume, intelligence interests in Syria, and they w...; Mark Durkan | 546 c44 (Link to this contribution)
Is the Foreign Secretary worried that a failure to agree on an international conference in, for e...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c44 (Link to this contribution)
Of course it is possible that if we cannot agree the terms of an international conference, some c...; Neil Carmichael | 546 c44 (Link to this contribution)
I certainly welcome the Foreign Secretary’s robust approach in connection with arms sales to Syri...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c44 (Link to this contribution)
As I mentioned, there have been changes of emphasis—one can call them changes of language—from Ru...; Jeremy Corbyn | 546 c44 (Link to this contribution)
Obviously we all condemn the human rights abuses, wherever they are occurring, all over Syria. Wi...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c45 (Link to this contribution)
The groups outside Syria that we are supporting—the kind of groups that I have been meeting in Is...; Duncan Hames | 546 c45 (Link to this contribution)
After meeting Chancellor Merkel recently, Russia’s President Putin sought to claim impartiality, ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c45 (Link to this contribution)
Certainly that is something that we have wanted to get going, and we have succeeded in doing so i...; Caroline Lucas | 546 c45 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Secretary of State’s strong urging of the Russians to halt their arms sales to the ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c45 (Link to this contribution)
I will certainly look at the point that the hon. Lady has raised and discuss it with my colleague...; Robert Buckland | 546 c45 (Link to this contribution)
Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that the time that could be spent in negotiating the t...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c46 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I very much agree with that. In the absence of the implementation of the Annan plan, the abs...; Andrew Love | 546 c46 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s confidence in the Syrian opposition groups, with the £1.5 milli...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c46 (Link to this contribution)
I can give the hon. Gentleman a fair degree of confidence about those things. Certainly in what t...; David Rutley | 546 c46 (Link to this contribution)
Given the scale of the atrocities, will my right hon. Friend tell the House what steps are being ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c46 (Link to this contribution)
We are in close touch on a daily basis with all our key partners and allies on this matter, inclu...; Michael Ellis | 546 c47 (Link to this contribution)
The Assad regime is a brutal, wicked and barbaric dictatorship that is savagely oppressing its pe...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 546 c47 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right: it is many months now since we warned all British nationals to leave Syr...
Subjects: Human rights International assistance Politics and government UN resolutions Sanctions Diplomatic relations Syria Peace negotiations
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