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Lord Hain (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 March 2026

Debate

Strait of Hormuz

Contribution

My Lords, I support the Government’s position on this whole matter. Everybody in this House opposes the barbarous regime in Iran, I imagine. They certainly should do. Trying to engineer regime change by bombing remotely is unlikely to succeed, especially in this situation, but there is a case for self-defence, as the Minister has indicated. Does she agree that collective self-defence is exercised under Article 51 of the UN charter? How is that squared with allowing US bombers to use UK bases?

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