Libya: Bribes

Lord Hamilton of Epsom Excerpts
Thursday 10th March 2011

(13 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait Lord Howell of Guildford
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As my noble friend will appreciate, that is a broader question than the one we are looking at now about Libyan employees and officials, so I do not have any additional comment to make, except that I am sure that the matter is carefully under review and in hand.

Lord Hamilton of Epsom Portrait Lord Hamilton of Epsom
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Does my noble friend accept that the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Stamford, would be the first to condemn the Government if we had failed to get our nationals out of Libya, even if we had to pay facilitation fees to do so?

Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait Lord Howell of Guildford
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My noble friend is absolutely right.