Statement on ISIL: Iraq and Syria: 16 October 2014
16 October 2014
Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, made a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday 16 October 2014 on ISIL: Iraq and Syria.
Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander, responded on behalf of the Opposition.
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