North Africa and the Middle East Debate
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Lindsay Hoyle
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(13 years, 8 months ago)
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Several hon. Members
Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
Order. We have quite a few Members standing, so could we have shorter questions and shorter answers? Then we will hopefully get everybody in.
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD)
The scale of the foreign policy challenge in the middle east and in north Africa is immense, with the UN action in Libya and the situation in any one of Bahrain, Syria and Yemen having the potential to become a major crisis. Despite that, will the Foreign Secretary assure the House that he will not take his eye off the ball elsewhere, particularly in providing vital support to the democracy building in Tunisia and in Egypt which is crucial to the future stability of the whole region?