Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:31 pm on 14 December 1999.
Perhaps I can be a little more precise. Let us suppose that there was a major defence contract, which was worth billions of pounds over many years, and that a Government in the middle east exerted pressure on the British Government by telling them that, if they wanted the contract, they would have to take action against a militant group, active in London in conspiring in and drawing together an international campaign. Does not my right hon. Friend foresee circumstances—not under a Labour Government, but under other future Governments—in which that sort of pressure could pay off?