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Defence Procurement

I listen to the same people to whom the hon. Gentleman listens—although I do not have the same personal relationships going back over time and perhaps am therefore not able to have the depth of conversation that he is able to have—so I am aware of some of the opinions about Snatch. However, I have to take military advice. If we were to try to take such decisions in this House rather than leaving them to people on operations trying to do the very arduous job that we have given them to do, that would be the wrong approach. I have to listen to that military advice, and I am sure that he accepts that in principle.