Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Nick Smith Excerpts
Monday 9th July 2018

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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My hon. Friend highlights an important element. This is not just about support through the military; it is also about international development support and about building civil law enforcement, which involves the police and, equally importantly, the courts, in order to give people confidence that the courts are fair and just.

Nick Smith Portrait Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
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Daesh still has a strong online presence. What is being done to combat that?

Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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As has been mentioned in the House, the British Government and the Ministry of Defence have been using offensive cyber in Iraq for the first time to counter the messages that Daesh puts out. We will continue to do that.