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Proceeding contribution from Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 December 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Afghanistan and the EU Council.


Afghanistan and the EU Council

Thousands of service families, including those at RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Kinloss, are reading reports of planned base closures and defence cuts. Why is the Prime Minister not being up front about his preference for conventional defence cuts, rather than scrapping the Trident nuclear programme, which would save £100 billion?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
502 c661 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Climate change Deployment Developing countries Development aid Defence equipment International cooperation EU common foreign and security policy EU action Nuclear power Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Rainforests Pakistan Afghanistan NATO European Council Iran al Qaeda Conferences Taliban
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk