Simon Hughes
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(12 years, 8 months ago)
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Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (LD)
In the welcome building stability overseas strategy on conflict prevention, is the MOD contributing anything to seek to bring down the pressure in the middle east, and in Syria in particular?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Gerald Howarth)
I am delighted to be able to give my right hon. Friend an assurance that the Ministry of Defence is working closely with the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development because we think building stability overseas and defence diplomacy are extremely important parts of the overall picture in conflict prevention. I can assure my right hon. Friend and the House that we are working hard to that end.