Syria: anti-Government Forces Debate

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Syria: anti-Government Forces

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Points of Order
Monday 4th March 2013

(11 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Swire Portrait Mr Swire
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I have not seen the agenda for the forthcoming G8 summit, but I have no doubt that Syria will be discussed, even if it is not on the agenda itself.

Peter Bone Portrait Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
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Many people will see this as mission creep, and will feel that we are being drawn ever more into a civil war and the taking of sides. Is that a fair description?

Lord Swire Portrait Mr Swire
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No, it is not a fair description, and I have spent the past 35 minutes or so trying to illustrate why it is not. Today is about non-lethal equipment and technical assistance to embolden the Syrian opposition and encourage it to provide a credible Government to replace the brutal dictatorship of President al-Assad.

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