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Armed Forces Personnel

The hon. Member for Billericay (Mr. Baron), whom I was about to mention, made an extraordinary speech. He came pretty close to saying that we needed to spend an extra £5 billion on defence. He claimed that people going out to theatre did not have body armour, and that we did not listen to our troops. He should go and have a look. Everyone going out to theatre has his own body armour. It is irresponsible to say in the House that that is not true, and that we are sending people into theatre without body armour. I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman genuinely believes that we should spend an extra £5 billion on defence, but if he does, he will have a job to do with those on his own Front Bench as well as with the Government. Not a single party in the House has committed itself to increased defence spending, notwithstanding all the extravagant claims that are made. The hon. Gentleman needs to discuss that with his own party as well as others.