Middle East and North Africa

Gerald Kaufman Excerpts
Wednesday 9th November 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Marvellous.

Gerald Kaufman Portrait Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab)
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As it is clearly a waste of time asking the right hon. Gentleman to reverse his deplorable decision on Palestinian membership of the United Nations, may I ask him to endorse the French President’s character reference of the Israeli Prime Minister?

Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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It would not be in the interests of the United Kingdom for the Foreign Secretary, whoever that may be, to endorse any such remarks. We do not get into endorsing leaked conversations.