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Armed Forces (Modernisation)

It is with dismay and incomprehension that I find myself asking the Minister to explain why we are facing job losses at Llangennech, where up-to-date, state-of-the-art equipment has recently been installed. Although unemployment levels have come down rapidly in that area in recent years, it is still very much harder to find alternative employment there than in many of the more prosperous areas of Britain. This decision is also out of keeping with our policy of decentralisation. Please will the Minister explain?