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Pamela Nash Excerpts
Tuesday 28th October 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Swire Portrait Mr Swire
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My hon. Friend will know that the Swedish prosecutor is, quite rightly, a fiercely independent lady, and independent of the Executive, as she would imagine. These are matters for the prosecutor to decide on, but if she wished to travel here to question Mr Assange in the embassy in London, we would do absolutely everything to facilitate that. Indeed, we would actively welcome it.

Pamela Nash Portrait Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)
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T9. Will the Foreign Secretary update the House on recent actions he has taken to tackle anti-LGBTI legislation, particularly among our Commonwealth friends?