CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

FOREIGN AFFAIRS – SIERRA LEONE - 08 May 2000

FOREIGN AFFAIRS – SIERRA LEONE - 08 May 2000

Dr Julian Lewis: It is common ground on both sides of the House that a force should be sent to protect British citizens. However, how would the Foreign Secretary reconcile a medium or longer-term commitment in any wider capacity whatever with the admission made by the Secretary of State for Defence only a few weeks ago that British forces are already significantly overstretched?