Gaza Flotilla Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Yasmin Qureshi

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Gaza Flotilla

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Wednesday 2nd June 2010

(13 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Bearing in mind that the ship was a peace ship in international waters, is not attacking such a ship against international law and should it not be condemned by the Foreign Secretary as an illegal act?

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One has to agree that to board a ship in international waters can legally happen only in the most exceptional and extraordinary circumstances, so that is the basis we are working from.

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