Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by David Kidney (Labour). It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 16 July 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Iraq
- Question
- What progress he has made in withdrawing troops from Iraq.
- Answer
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From a peak of about 45,000 personnel deployed to Iraq during major combat operations in 2003, we have drawn down progressively to 8,000 prior to handing over three of our four provinces. Since then, we have reduced in stages to 5,500. The commanders on the ground assess that that is the right number of troops to discharge our current responsibilities. As I have made clear, we expect to see further reductions as we hand over to the Iraqi security forces in Basra city.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 463 c7
- 149376
- Session
- 2006-07
- Oral question type
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Armed forces Deployment Iraq Peacekeeping operations
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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