Libya and the Middle East

Lord Soames of Fletching Excerpts
Monday 7th March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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As I have said, I take full ministerial responsibility, as Ministers do. I believe very strongly in the doctrine of ministerial responsibility for everything that happens in a Minister’s Department, so I am very clear about that. We have been busy drafting the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the UN Human Rights Council while the right hon. Gentleman has been struggling to read the newspapers from around Europe.

Lord Soames of Fletching Portrait Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that if the British Government and our partners are to be able to take the kind of difficult decisions that will be needed in the next few weeks, intelligence and information on the ground are of the first importance? Will he therefore reassure the House that whatever action is taken to secure that intelligence and information will not impede the deployment of British assets?

Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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Yes, absolutely—I certainly give that assurance.