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Henry Smith

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Welfare
Monday 21st March 2016

(8 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Now is the time for what I call considerate brevity.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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What recent discussions have been had with other NATO members on bearing down on and stopping the vile people-trafficking trade from Syria?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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We are having good discussions, but, frankly, we still need NATO to be able to do more. I would like NATO ships to be able to spend more time in Turkish territorial waters, working with the Turkish coastguard on turning back boats, because it is stopping that trade that will actually undermine the people-smuggling gangs.

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