Syria

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:46 pm on 6 March 2013.

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Photo of William Hague William Hague The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 12:46, 6 March 2013

Such vehicles are non-lethal equipment—that is how they are defined and that is very clear—as is body armour. The hon. Gentleman could advocate a different policy of not trying to save lives in Syria, and that is what he is suggesting in his question. He is suggesting that we say, “No, we will not try to save lives. We will not send this kind of assistance to people who desperately ask for it, even though they are slaughtered in huge numbers.” It is his choice to advocate that policy, but I do not think it is responsible, and it would not give moral authority to our foreign policy.