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13/10/2016

Boris Johnson speaks out about the war in Syria. Susan Hulme watches the foreign secretary's appearance at a committee session, and has the best of Thursday at Westminster.

Can the destruction of Aleppo be stopped? Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talks to a committee of MPs about possible British intervention in Syria. Susan Hulme has the best of the session.
Also on the programme:
* MPs speak movingly, several from personal experience, about the tragedy of stillbirths and deaths of young babies.
* The worsening situation in Yemen comes under discussion by peers.
* A committee hears evidence from tax credit claimants who say their benefits were wrongly stopped by the controversial HM Revenue & Customs contractor, Concentrix.
* The Government says it won't intervene in the price dispute that's meant Marmite disappearing from the Tesco online site.

30 minutes

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Thu 13 Oct 2016 23:30

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  • Thu 13 Oct 2016 23:30

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