Proceeding contribution from Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 July 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on CSR and Aircraft Carriers.
CSR and Aircraft Carriers
I am very pleased indeed that the carriers are going ahead. Can the Secretary of State assure the House that the procurement of the FRES vehicles and the future strategic tanker aircraft will not be compromised by this procurement? He has announced some useful increases in defence spending, but does he nevertheless not feel that something is fundamentally wrong? Our Army is now 98,000 strong, our Navy is dropping in size and our Air Force is dropping very rapidly. We are asking so much of them; do we not need a fundamental change in our approach to defence from all parties in this House, and from the country as a whole?
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- 463 c871-2
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- 2006-07
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- Armed forces Cost effectiveness Housing International cooperation France Public expenditure Procurement Navy Military bases Ministry of Defence Shipbuilding Rolls-Royce Aircraft carriers Nuclear submarines BAE Systems VT Group Departmental expenditure limits
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