Barry Gardiner
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(8 months, 1 week ago)
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The Prime Minister
Of course we want to avoid further escalation and bloodshed, which would be deeply destabilising for the region and risk more lives. That is a message that all Government Ministers will be taking to their counterparts across the region.
Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab)
Iran sought to justify its unjustifiable attack on Israel on the basis that it was retaliating for Israel’s attack on its consulate. I welcome the fact that the Prime Minister said that in his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu later today, he will urge de-escalation. In that telephone conversation, will he set out the measures that the UK will take if, in fact, Israel seeks to retaliate further?
The Prime Minister
I am not going to comment on hypotheticals, but of course we will calm heads to prevail everywhere across the region.