“The committee accepts that, as the government response suggests, U.K. policy in Libya was initially driven by a desire to protect civilians. However, we do not accept that it understood the implications of this, which included collapse of the state, failure of stabilization and the facilitation of Islamist extremism in Libya.”

British politician

Crispin Blunt is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Reigate from 1997 to 2024. A former Conservative, he held ministerial office in the Ministry of Justice and later chaired the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice from 2010 to 2012. From 2015 until 2017, he chaired the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, a role that placed him at the center of scrutiny over Britain’s foreign policy. His public profile is tied to parliamentary work, ministerial duties, and foreign affairs.