Speeches by Carden.

“It is a choice we have made that we can no longer fulfil that role.”

“Is it a problem for us that, due to sanctions and things like that, we could not do this—we could not invite people and use diplomacy to resolve problems?”

“Qatar put in its constitution recently that it will be a global mediator.”

“I have two final questions. We are seeing a lot of global affairs now take place in countries like Saudi and Qatar, whereas when great global negotiations went on in previous decades, they would have happened in European states. How much notice should we take of that?”

“The nation state is returning, isn’t it? Whereas the public now communicate and see the world almost on a global level through their communications. Perhaps the public are not quite there yet on reasserting the nation state and the belief in the nation state.”

“Professor Clarke, to pick up on your point that Europe and liberal democracies are going to face a challenging 10 years, how do you think we get beyond those 10 years? How do Britain, Europe and liberal democracies come out of the next decade well?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner, and to follow two such accomplished speeches. There is real intelligence on both sides of this House in terms of where we need to go now with gambling legislation. Most Members will know that I have worked over a number of years on the issue of alcohol and d…”

“Reflecting some of the points made early on in the debate, will the Department look at lotteries, pools and sports betting differently from addictive online forms of gambling, which we know are some of the most harmful? There is an opportunity to shape how gambling goes forward in this country.”

“Is it important for the UK to be bold because of the geopolitical considerations, in that Russia and other countries will want to gain influence in Syria?”

“Can I give Dr Khatib one minute? We have about a minute left.”

“We talked earlier about the importance of governance and the UK is in a special place in terms of what it can do to support countries developing their governance models. Could we do that better if we had the embassy there?”

“I want to return us to UK policy. We have been right the way around the region and we touched on UK policy a little bit earlier. You both agreed that sanctions against Syria should have been lifted by the UK. We have two minutes left. Can you give us a little outline of your assessment of UK policy towards Syria? What …”

“Should we reopen the embassy?”

“Should we reopen the embassy?”

“Is it important for the UK to be bold because of the geopolitical considerations, in that Russia and other countries will want to gain influence in Syria?”

“Earlier on, you said, “Lift the sanctions because you can reapply them.” Would that same logic not apply to considering HTS to be a terrorist organisation?”

“We talked earlier about the importance of governance and the UK is in a special place in terms of what it can do to support countries developing their governance models. Could we do that better if we had the embassy there?”

“Earlier on, you said, “Lift the sanctions because you can reapply them.” Would that same logic not apply to considering HTS to be a terrorist organisation?”

“Can I give Dr Khatib one minute? We have about a minute left.”

“I want to return us to UK policy. We have been right the way around the region and we touched on UK policy a little bit earlier. You both agreed that sanctions against Syria should have been lifted by the UK. We have two minutes left. Can you give us a little outline of your assessment of UK policy towards Syria? What …”