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Proceeding contribution from John P Smith (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 30 October 2008. It occurred during Debate on Defence Policy.


Defence Policy

In short, that is not the problem we face, because this situation does not occur in other countries. The largest ethnic group who could be recruited are the Afro-Caribbeans, and they do not have the same sort of pressures within their community. In the US, the other ethnic minority groups that we are talking about have the highest recruitment levels, so, clearly, this process is done differently in the US.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
481 c1099-100 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Defence Army Armed conflict Deployment Air force Defence equipment Finance Iraq Government assistance Navy Training Security Afghanistan Russia Middle East EU defence policy Georgia Veterans
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk