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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners – in the House of Commons at 3:30 pm on 16 April 2007.

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Photo of Don Touhig Don Touhig Labour, Islwyn 3:30, 16 April 2007

My right hon. Friend was quite right to come to the House at the earliest opportunity to give us an account of what happened in Iran. In all the fuss over the last week about the sale of the stories to the media, one fact seems to have been forgotten: our naval personnel were seized illegally and in an act of provocation by Iran, and their release was secured only by the success of British diplomacy. After my right hon. Friend's statement, Britain's best interests would be served by all of us condemning Iran for its action and reaffirming our support for the men and women of the British armed forces—the finest armed forces in the world—who deserve our backing as they continue our struggle in the middle east.