MPs debate piracy off the coast of Somalia
15 June 2012 (updated on 15 June 2012)
Richard Ottaway, Conservative MP for Croydon South and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, moved a debate in Westminster Hall on Thursday 14 June on piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Henry Bellingham, responded in the debate on behalf of the Government. Watch and read the view expressed by MPs during the debate on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
- Parliament TV: Debate on piracy off the coast of Somalia
- Commons Hansard: Debate on piracy off the coast of Somalia
Foreign Affairs Committee report
The debate follows the publication by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of a report into piracy off the coast of Somalia and the Government's Response.
- Foreign Affairs Committee report into piracy off the coast of Somalia
- Government Response to the Foreign Affairs Committee report into piracy off the coast of Somalia (PDF 477KB)
- Foreign Affairs Committee
Westminster Hall debates
Westminster Hall adjournment debates allow MPs to discuss issues of local or personal interest which rarely have time to be debated in the main Chamber of the House of Commons. MPs can discuss a variety of issues and receive a response from a government Minister.