Dear Mr Woolford,
Syria
Thank you for your email about
Syria.
I am not opposed to the principle
of intervention in conflict where it can be shown there is a duty to protect
under international law. However, I did not believe the case had been made by
the Prime Minister and clearly the recall of parliament had been organised in
such a way as to pre-empt the UN inspectors report. I made an intervention on
David Cameron to this effect in the debate.
I voted for the Labour motion
that set up the stages and conditions that needed to be met before any decision
could be taken. This would have meant another debate and vote. I voted against
the government motion as, although it did contain some of the assurances Labour
had sought, it was promoted as inviting a vote “in principle for military
intervention”.
Nothing was said in the debate to
convince me that a punitive strike to deter further use of chemical weapons
would not have made things much worse.
The Syrian people desperately
need a cease-fire and our government should be trying a lot harder to involve
all those such as Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia who might be able to broker a
settlement.
Thank you once again for taking
the time to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
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