Zimbabwe — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:16 pm on 11 February 2009.

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Photo of Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hughes of Woodside Labour 3:16, 11 February 2009

My Lords, while it is reasonable to be cautious about the future of the agreement, would it not be a tragedy if we erred on the side of pessimism and failed to do everything that we possibly can to make the agreement work for the people of Zimbabwe? Given that Mr Tsvangirai is today to be sworn in as the Prime Minister, would it not be a good message to the people of Zimbabwe to say that we will support them as far we reasonably can?