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"I want to assure the honourable Member straight away that the undertakings given in May 1998 did not in any way mean that we accepted the legitimacy of Helms-Burton legislation. Our views on extraterritoriality are perfectly clear. We have made them clear again and again. We have also made clear – and you do not have to be a dyed-in-the-wool imperialist to take this view – that we are against expropriation of property. I imagine the honourable Member is against the expropriation of property as well. Sanctity of property rights has a great deal to do with the stability of plural societies. If, at the end of the day we can have a waiver of Title 4 under Helms-Burton and the triggering of the undertakings we gave in good conscience in May 1998 then that will be in everybody’s interests, it will prevent any trade dispute with the United States and it will give, I hope, investors around the world – not just in Cuba – greater certainty about what they are putting their money into."@en1
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