CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

DEFENCE (FRONT BENCH) – IRAN - 12 December 2005

DEFENCE (FRONT BENCH) – IRAN - 12 December 2005

Dr Julian Lewis: Does the Secretary of State [for Defence, Dr John Reid] recall the powerful speech that the Prime Minister made in March 2003, when he described the nightmare scenario of a rogue regime with nuclear or WMD technology and the means to deliver it coming together with fundamentalist extremists who would want to use such weapons? Is not that combination ready made in Iran? Is he as worried as I am by the statement over the weekend that Israel is actively planning military action, and can he inject his sorrowful and concerned tone, with which we all concur, with greater urgency? The matter should be at the top of the international agenda.