Syria: Brimstone Missiles

Lord Pearson of Rannoch Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd February 2016 Lords Chamber

[Earl Howe]

My Lords, I can give the noble Lord that assurance. Our security on Cyprus is very tight indeed.

[Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP)]

My Lords, do the Government agree that the European refugee tragedy is caused largely by the evil Islamic State which we, the United States and other allies could destroy on the ground in a few months? Is the reason we do not do so because we have lost our nerve after our disastrous invasions of Iraq and elsewhere? Has the time not come to think again because we clearly cannot solve the problem with airpower alone?