Statement on Daesh in Syria and Iraq: 16 December 2015
16 December 2015 (updated on 16 December 2015)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Philip Hammond, made a statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday 16 December 2015 on Daesh in Syria and Iraq.
Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Diana Johnson, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
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