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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 March 2026

Debate

Iran and the Middle East

Contribution

That is absolutely not the language that we are using. The actions that we are taking are defensive, as I have explained, and it is vital that we all take extreme care with the language we use around this conflict, not least because it can, and often does, find itself repeated and played out on the streets of the United Kingdom.

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