Business question from Paul Flynn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 October 2010. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.

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In the first five years of the Afghan war, only two British soldiers died in conflict. As a consequence of the incursion into Helmand province that figure is now 341. When can we debate the report of the Public Administration Committee that shows the appallingly trivial reasons why that decision was taken, which proves that the incursion into Helmand was a blunder on the scale of the charge of the Light Brigade, but with three times as many British deaths?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 516 c1139
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan Public Administration Select Committee
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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