Proceeding contribution from Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 June 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Iraq.

Iraq

My Lords, the Minister will recollect that her Government introduced a strategic defence review in 1998 that committed our Armed Forces to one medium-sized continuing conflict at a time. When we intervened in Iraq, that became two. Will the inquiry include the visits that the Chief of the Defence Staff made at the time to Prime Minister Blair to say that there should be a step increase in defence expenditure? Each time he was referred to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, which did not get him very far. The result has been irreparable damage to our Armed Forces.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 711 c864
Session: 2008-09
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Disclosure of information Armed conflict Development aid Elections Iraq Powers Peacekeeping operations Overseas investment Monuments Reconstruction Iraq Committee of Inquiry Iraq conflict Military aid Basra Secrecy
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Iraq

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