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Sri Lanka: Afghanistan and Pakistan (5 Feb 2009) has video

Malcolm Rifkind: ...become increasingly attractive to a substantial proportion of the Taliban, and may then enable a political solution to be achieved which will help us to deliver our fundamental requirement: no terrorism ever again emanating from Afghanistan.

Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video

Malcolm Rifkind: ...production of enriched uranium or plutonium for nuclear weapons. We would also need to be confident that the verification and control systems would prevent the fissile material from getting to terrorist organisations, because those would be the people who could wreak enormous damage on the wider world. That is the basis on which we would have to address this issue, but there is a second...

Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (11 Jun 2007)

Malcolm Rifkind: ...very much. He said: "It is said that by removing Saddam or the Taliban—regimes that were authoritarian but also kept a form of order—the plight of Iraqis and Afghans has worsened, and terrorism has been allowed to grow." He went on to say: "This is a seductive but dangerous argument. Work out what it really means. It means that because these reactionary and evil forces will...

Opposition Day — [5th allotted day]: Al-Yamamah Arms Agreement (7 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Rifkind: ...with Saudi Arabia over the course of five years, I can say two things. First, I have no doubt that the kind of co-operation that Saudi Arabia is giving to the United Kingdom with regard to counter-terrorism measures is of enormous importance in enabling us to succeed in our objectives of dealing with terrorism. Secondly, I can comment on whether the Saudis were serious in their threats...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Malcolm Rifkind: ...the extraordinary and terrible events of 9/11—the attack on New York by al-Qaeda—were the origin of all the problems that we face. He went on to argue that to deal with the problems of terrorism caused by those events, it was necessary to have not only soft power, but hard power. I have no difficulty in agreeing with much of what the Prime Minister said: of course he is correct...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Malcolm Rifkind: I accept my right hon. Friend's comment. The quid pro quo has to be two things from Iran: an effective and verifiable renunciation of its nuclear aspirations, and renunciation of support for terrorism. In exchange for that, it should be offered not only dialogue but a full normalisation of relations—far more than the Americans are currently offering. The advantage is that either the...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

Malcolm Rifkind: ...the one policy that might just deliver the right results would be a proposal from the United States that in exchange for Iran giving up in a credible way its nuclear aspirations and its support for terrorism, the United States would be prepared to consider not just dialogue, but a full normalisation of its relations with that country. That would represent an end to the axis of evil...

Estimates Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Supplementary Estimates, 2005–06 — Ministry of Defence (20 Mar 2006)

Malcolm Rifkind: ...Islamist rather than secularist. Saddam Hussein was a ghastly, vicious tyrant, but he was a secular tyrant. The current situation was no part of the American strategic objective. Fourthly, on terrorism, we have within Iraq—be it for al-Qaeda or other organisations—the greatest recruiting territory for terrorism since the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Finally, we have the drift...