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Proceeding contribution from David Miliband (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It occurred during Topical debate on Afghanistan.


Afghanistan

I very much welcome the fact that we are now talking about a coalition effort throughout the south, including in Helmand. I have seen in some newspapers—it is worth putting this on the record—talk of British troops "ceding ground" to the Americans or "retreating" to allow Americans to take over.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
503 c876 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment Casualties Peacekeeping operations Pakistan Terrorism United Nations Afghanistan NATO Taliban
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk