Syria and North Korea Debate

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Matthew Offord

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Business of the House

Syria and North Korea

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Points of Order
Tuesday 18th April 2017

(7 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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I am grateful for that question because there was never a proposition for general sanctions against Russia, for instance. That was a piece of media ectoplasm, if you like, Mr Speaker. We have strong support for the idea of taking the evidence that the fact-finding mission will accumulate, using it to isolate the individuals who may have been responsible—by the way, there may be Russian military advisers who are complicit—and not only imposing sanctions on them, which I know my hon. Friend agrees would be the right thing to do, but arraigning them for war crimes.

Matthew Offord Portrait Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con)
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What role does the Foreign Secretary see the United Kingdom playing in confronting the bellicose actions of the North Korean regime?

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