Africa and the Middle East

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:31 pm on 29 June 2011.

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Photo of William Hague William Hague The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 12:31, 29 June 2011

My right hon. and learned Friend is right: it is a legal process, but it is of political importance. It is a political statement by the world that the behaviour of the Gaddafi regime is unacceptable and that it should be accountable for that behaviour. It sends, as I have said, a clear message to adherents of the regime that there is every risk of being held accountable. We cannot provide certainty, but these warrants show an ever-increasing risk to supporters of the regime of facing that accountability, so more of them should take the opportunity to leave it.