Proceeding contribution from Lord Robathan (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 July 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Flooding.
Flooding
I am sure that the whole House would like to pay tribute and give thanks to the armed forces, which yet again, at very short notice, have come to the assistance of the civil authorities in an emergency. Sadly, there are far fewer members of the armed forces—both Regular and Territorial—than there were 10 years ago, as a direct result of the policies of the Government and the Prime Minister in cutting the defence budget. Will the Secretary of State tell the House what the units deployed on Friday and Saturday were doing beforehand? Were they on leave—either weekend leave, or leave following a tour in Iraq or Afghanistan? How many were in training for those deadly war zones, to which they may be going soon?
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- 2006-07
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- Contamination Flood control Energy supply Environment Agency Floods Pollution Property Power failures Water Water supply Warwickshire Oxfordshire Worcestershire Lincolnshire Bellwin scheme Water treatment Berkshire Herefordshire
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