Israel: Illegal Settlers

Lord Phillips of Sudbury Excerpts

Thursday 14th October 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord Lea of Crondall]

My Lords—

[Lord Phillips of Sudbury]

My Lords—

[Lord Pannick]

My Lords—

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[Lord Howell of Guildford]

My noble friend is urging short answers, so the answer is yes, of course there are two sides.

[Lord Phillips of Sudbury]

My Lords—

[Lord Pannick]

My Lords, does the Minister agree that a more fundamental obstacle to a peace settlement than the settlements in the West Bank, which occupy some 5 per cent or so of that territory, is the failure of Arab states to introduce into their own countries the rule of law and the right to freedom of expression which would promote a real debate in those countries about the true interests of the unfortunate Palestinian people?

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[Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean]

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[Lord Phillips of Sudbury]

My Lords—

[Lord Strathclyde]

My Lords, I feel that we need to go to the next Question.