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Business question from Lord Beamish (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 October 2010. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.


Business of the House

Can we have a debate in Government time on the appointment yesterday of the Prime Minister's new military assistant to clarify not only the role of the Chief of the Defence Staff, but, more importantly, the role of Her Majesty the Queen as head of the armed forces? Yesterday, the justification from No. 10 was that both President Sarkozy and President Obama have military advisers and therefore so should our Prime Minister, which does not recognise the fact that they are Heads of State, unlike him.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
516 c500-1 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk