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Jim Shannon Excerpts
Tuesday 28th March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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I visited the country right after those attacks had taken place and the devastation was indeed huge. It is in all our interests not to go down that road again. I pay tribute to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, which has done an amazing job in reducing tensions between the two countries.

Jim Shannon Portrait Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
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One way to reduce the supply of weapons to Hezbollah is to stop them at source. What discussions has the Minister had with, for instance, Egypt on the tunnels and the access they provide for bringing weapons in? If they can be stopped there, we can stop them being used.