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Defence Procurement

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. It is early days; the tragedy occurred on Tuesday and will need to be looked into in detail. Yes, the people concerned were in a Snatch Land Rover, according to the information that I have received so far. Another vehicle—a Mastiff, for instance—would not have been suitable for the task they were doing in the area where they were required to work. Electronic countermeasures—the kind of capability that the hon. Gentleman talks about—are already fitted to Snatch Land Rovers, and I am told that they were fitted to the vehicle in question. Of course there needs to be a full investigation, and we need to look into the detail of the tragedy, as I am sure we will. We must learn any lessons that there are, and we cannot do that overnight. That is the extent of my information so far, the tragedy having only just occurred.