Syria

Naz Shah Excerpts

Monday 16th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I agree with what my hon. Friend has said.

[Naz Shah (Bradford West) (Lab)]

I for one will not be congratulating the Prime Minister on the action taken this weekend. The reason why I say that is that only one day before the airstrikes on Homs and Damascus, the US Defence Secretary, James Mattis, told Congress that the US did not have any hard evidence concerning the chemical weapons attacks, only social media indicators. Can the Prime Minister tell us whether more evidence emerged in the space of those 24 hours, or did she take her action on the basis of social media indicators?

[The Prime Minister]

I suggest that the hon. Lady looks at my statement, in which I set out what led to our assessment in relation to the Syrian regime’s actions.