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Proceeding contribution from Ian Davidson (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 October 2009. It occurred during Debate on Defence Policy.

Defence Policy

This is the man who says that the SNP can always do better. If Labour has lost 10,000, he wants to lose 100,000. Let us proclaim what the SNP defence policy would mean. It would mean Leuchars no more, Lossiemouth no more, Rosyth no more, and the Clyde shipyards no more. All those things would close under an independent Scotland. We have a responsibility to make clear to people here and elsewhere what devastating impact an independent Scotland would have on defence and defence jobs. Do the two Opposition parties that aspire to be in government intend to keep bases in Scotland after independence?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
497 c507-8 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Contracts Armed forces Defence Deployment Casualties Defence equipment Iraq Helicopters Pakistan Military aircraft Military alliances Rehabilitation Terrorism Training Reserve forces Reform Afghanistan NATO al Qaeda Taliban ISAF
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk