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Proceeding contribution from David Laws (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15 December 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Future Defence Programme.


Future Defence Programme

The Secretary of State will be aware that the chief of defence materials told the Defence Committee this morning that he is willing to consider building the Chinooks through AgustaWestland under the existing licensing agreement with Boeing. Will the Secretary of State assure me that he will instruct his officials actively to explore that option, if it can be done on time and on budget?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
502 c810 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Defence Army Closures Civilians Defence equipment Armoured fighting vehicles Finance Peacekeeping operations Procurement Staff Radio Military aircraft Ministry of Defence Training Warships Afghanistan Body armour Chinook helicopters Harrier aircraft Typhoon aircraft BOWMAN combat radio system Hercules aircraft Lynx helicopters Military intelligence Merlin helicopters Nimrod aircraft Tornado aircraft Special forces Improvised explosive devices C-17 aircraft Unmanned air systems RAF Kinloss RAF Cottesmore RAF Wittering
Link
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