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Proceeding contribution from Bob Ainsworth (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 October 2008. It occurred during Debate on Defence in the UK.


Defence in the UK

We need to watch closely our ability to recruit and retain pilots, among other groups. I refer not only to helicopter pilots, but fixed-wing aircraft pilots. There is—or has been in recent years, in any case—a very buoyant civil aviation industry that pulls our people out earlier.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
480 c459 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Compensation Armed forces Defence Deployment Arms trade Defence equipment Cadets Bomb disposal Iraq Pay Recruitment Peacekeeping operations Staff Training Afghanistan
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk