Guantanamo Civil Litigation Settlement Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Guantanamo Civil Litigation Settlement

George Howarth Excerpts
Tuesday 16th November 2010

(13 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Howarth Portrait Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab)
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Does the Secretary of State accept that many people will find this settlement a bitter pill to swallow? Will he confirm that, if our intelligence relationship with the United States were to break down, which was a real possibility, it would imperil the lives of many, many citizens of this country?

Lord Clarke of Nottingham Portrait Mr Clarke
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I agree that the Government’s relationship with the United States and the close relationship between our intelligence services and those of the United States make a vital contribution to our protection of the security of this country and the lives of individuals here. That must not be jeopardised.