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Liberation of Mosul
Tuesday 18th October 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s work—he knows the country extremely well indeed. It is important that we provide support to Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah. Unfortunately, the Taliban have pushed back from the Pakistani border and until we get some sense of governance back into the capital city of Lashkar Gah, I am afraid that the Taliban will continue to push towards Kandahar.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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Following the Government-commissioned study into the resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory, when do Ministers envisage making a decision on the resettlement of the Chagos islanders?

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I assure my hon. Friend that we are still considering the issue and will report back to the House in due course.

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