Iran

Part of Backbench Business — [Un-allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 5:56 pm on 20 February 2012.

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Photo of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 5:56, 20 February 2012

I wholly support everything that the Foreign Secretary has said about diplomatic efforts and I want to achieve the same outcome as every other hon. Member, but my anxiety is that diplomatic language, by moving from forceful to robust to pugnacious to belligerent, can sometimes have a ratchet effect that makes the use of violent force almost inevitable. I hope that he will stick with forceful and assertive, and move no further.