Bob Blackman
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(8 years, 7 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. I am keen to accommodate the remaining interest. However, the pithy replies we have had from the Prime Minister must now be matched by single, short, supplementary questions without preamble.
Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
Will my right hon. Friend explain how long this strategy will take to implement, given that we are clearly not going to get instantaneous results?
The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend has asked an important question. I will report back to the House regularly, but I do not want to put a timeframe on this, because, as what we are doing in Iraq has shown, this is taking time. It is taking time partly because we are not committing ground troops. This is a strategy of relying on, and working with, those on the ground. That takes longer, but the fact that it is a long strategy and a complex strategy does not mean that it is not the right one.