Proceeding contribution from Liam Fox (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 February 2007. It occurred during Opposition day on Royal Navy.

Royal Navy

The Minister is quite right that the response to the end of the cold war and the diminishing Soviet threat was that which came from ““Options for Change””. However, the logic of that needs to be extended. If he thinks that the size of the Royal Navy should somehow reflect the size of the surface-fleet threat posed by other countries, and if Russia goes ahead with its rearmament programme and funds that through to 2015 with an increase in its surface fleet, what does he believe that the correct response should be?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 457 c655
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Deployment Defence equipment Finance Staff Navy Warships Aircraft carriers Submarines
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Royal Navy

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