Wednesday 19th June 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. The Chair is minded to take all remaining colleagues on these extremely important matters. The Prime Minister is helpfully providing pithy replies, which of course now need to be matched with comparably pithy questions.

Sarah Wollaston Portrait Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con)
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I congratulate the Prime Minister on the progress made at the G8 and on his commitment today to come to the House before taking major action on Syria. Will he confirm that that would include an opportunity for the House to vote before any arms were sent to Syria?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I have made it clear that we have made no decision to arm the rebels. As has been said, these things should be discussed, debated and indeed voted on in this House—with the proviso of the answer that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard).