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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 1:43 pm on 28 April 1999.

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Photo of William Hague William Hague Leader of HM Official Opposition, Leader of the Conservative Party 1:43, 28 April 1999

Finally on Kosovo, on the question of ground troops, last week, Government sources said that NATO would not consider the option of a ground operation for another four to five weeks. Yet is it not the case that the length of time required to assemble and deploy troops, and then to allow the refugees to return before the winter, means that any decision on the use of ground troops would have to be made in the very near future—in the next couple of weeks? Therefore, is it not true that, if we want to take up that option, time is running out?