Lord Lea of Crondall
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(9 years, 9 months ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, we are just about to have a Statement on the same topic when there will be 20 minutes for Back-Bench contributions. It is actually the turn of the Labour Benches.
Does the Minister agree that it would play into President Putin’s hands to supply arms to the Ukrainian Government and make his position in Russia and his thesis about Western conspiracy more credible to the Russian people?
My Lords, that is precisely one of the political judgments that would need to be taken by each and every member of NATO before they took such an action.