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Britain and International Security

Proceeding contribution from Mike Gapes (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 2 July 2015. It occurred during Debate on Britain and International Security.

That is true, although we can never be certain about anything. As we have seen throughout history, Governments change from time to time and bad people come to power. I will not go down that route now, however.

We have major responsibilities, as my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) pointed out when he referred to our global reach and our international alliances. Major threats are going to arise in other parts of the world, and we need to maintain those alliances and work with our partners, whether in NATO or the European Union, or more globally through the United Nations system. We have responsibilities, and they include the responsibility to defend our country, our values, our ideas and the world system, because that is in our interests.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
597 c1699 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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