Category Archives: Defence

Backbench Business – [4th allotted day] – Strategic Defence and Security Review | Bill Presented – Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Import, Sale or Distribution) Bill | Commons debates

I apologise to the House and to the Chairman of the Select Committee on Defence for not being present when the debate began. I was taken aback by the speed with which the previous business was…

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Sharing Military Equipment | Oral Answers to Questions – Defence | Commons debates

Does the Secretary of State accept that there may be circumstances in which it is more effective to share responsibilities rather than equipment? Will he tell the House whether, as a result of…

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Backbench Business – [3rd Allotted Day] – UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan | Privilege | Commons debates

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CAMPBELL URGES FOX TO PUT TRIDENT UNDER REVIEW

Sir Menzies Campbell MP has repeated his call for Trident to be included in the Strategic Defence Review in a letter to Defence Secretary Liam Fox. Following the announcement by the Chancellor that the Ministry of Defence will be responsible …

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CAMPBELL SLAMS LABOUR’S “NAIVE AND DAMAGING” RAF CLAIMS

Sir Menzies Campbell MP has branded claims by the Labour party that all three Scottish RAF bases could close as a result of the Strategic Defence Review as “naïve and damaging scaremongering”. The speculative comments from one Scottish Labour MP …

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