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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-09-05more like thismore than 2014-09-05
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Syria more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government recognises President Assad as the legitimate head of state of Syria. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn remove filter
uin 208371 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-09-11more like thismore than 2014-09-11
answer text <p>Britain has a long standing policy of recognising States and not governments. Our position on Assad remains unchanged – he does not have legitimacy and should step aside in the interests of the Syrian people. Assad’s elections and inauguration were parodies of democracy, disenfranchising millions of Syrians and conducted in a way which fell far short of any international democratic standards.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bournemouth East more like this
answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-09-11T11:49:33.0871273Zmore like thismore than 2014-09-11T11:49:33.0871273Z
answering member
1487
label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this