Boko Haram Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Boko Haram

Baroness Morgan of Ely Excerpts
Tuesday 27th January 2015

(9 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, I am well aware of that. But, as the noble Baroness well knows, radical movements of this sort, made up of the young, discontented and jobless, tend to latch on to whatever ideologies they can find.

Baroness Morgan of Ely Portrait Baroness Morgan of Ely (Lab)
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My Lords, we understand that up to 100 British soldiers are being lined up for a mission to train the Nigerian military in its fight against the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram. Will the Government ensure that human rights training is included in this initiative?

Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, I am not going to comment on operational numbers. We have a military mission there and we are also sending people in on short-term secondments to help with the training. Of course human rights is a part of this, as I mentioned.