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Proceeding contribution from Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 1 February 2007. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Defence in the World.


Defence in the World

My hon. Friend’s point about our eagerness to take from the cold war dividend is not a political point because the dividend was taken by a Conservative Treasury, strongly egged on by a Labour Opposition. When he was in Washington, did he discover that the Americans have as low a view of our defence spending as of the NATO allies whom my hon. Friend has been, rightly, castigating?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
456 c403 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Defence Armed conflict Deployment Finance Iraq Police Nuclear weapons Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Navy Ministry of Defence Terrorism Training USA Afghanistan NATO Russia Iran Trident
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