From the Office of the Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Thank you for your email to Ed Miliband regarding Syria.
The
death of hundreds of Syrian civilians from a suspected chemical weapons
attack last week is abhorrent and cannot be ignored. The attacks were a
moral outrage and the use of chemical weapons
rightly demands condemnation by the international community.
While Labour condemns the attacks and the on-going violence in Syria, the
decision to use military force is a grave
one, and one that must be made in the right way. That is why Ed Miliband
moved an amendment to set out a clear and legitimate roadmap to a
decision on military action. Labour’s amendment would
have required any action to have a clear legal basis in international
law, clear and achievable military objectives, and to be limited to
deterring the future use of chemical weapons. We are determined to avoid
the mistakes that were made with Iraq over ten
years ago.
Members
of Parliament on both sides of the House voted to prevent David Cameron
rushing into a military conflict when so many questions remain
unanswered. In response, the Government
have announced that Britain will not be involved in any military action
in Syria. But we will not let the Government wash its hands of the
issue - there are other diplomatic and humanitarian means to help the
people of Syria and the Government must use the
G20 next week to galvanise international support to push forward a
political settlement to the conflict in Syria.
Thank you again for getting touch with Ed Miliband to share your views.
Kind regards,
R Davis
Office of the Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Leader of the Opposition
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