Oral Answers to Questions

Duncan Hames Excerpts
Tuesday 14th September 2010

(14 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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The Israeli Government are in no doubt about our views, which I stated at the beginning of Question Time. We regard all settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories as illegal, and we clearly want the moratorium on settlements to continue. No one can be in any doubt that that is the very emphatic view of the United Kingdom, which is regularly expressed to Israeli Ministers, and a view that I believe they will receive from most of the world. I hope that they take heed of it.

Duncan Hames Portrait Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)
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I welcome the Minister’s earlier remarks about political prisoners in Burma. Will he now use his good offices to seek to persuade our EU partners to back United States-United Kingdom calls for a UN commission of inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma?

Lord Bellingham Portrait Mr Bellingham
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The UK supports the UN special rapporteur’s call for the UN to consider a commission of inquiry, and we are working to build international support for that and putting a lot of emphasis on it. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question.