Will my right hon. Friend confirm that both the supply of oil to Syria and the capture of a British-flagged tanker are criminal acts for which Iran cannot be excused, and that they require the more robust response that he has now announced to the House, including the policing of an international waterway by a multinational taskforce? In view of what he has just said, does my right hon. Friend agree that whatever view one takes of the American Administration’s course of action over the joint agreement, it would not make sense to exclude the American navy from participation in that multinational taskforce?
Situation in the Gulf
Proceeding contribution from
Michael Fallon
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 July 2019.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Situation in the Gulf.
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