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Proceeding contribution from Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 3 February 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Strategic Defence Review (Green Paper).


Strategic Defence Review (Green Paper)

I am grateful for prior sight of the statement and of the Green Paper, which is fine, and helpful. I entirely agree with the Secretary of State that the more discussion we can have on this, the better, and I am glad that he has started it off. The Bernard Gray report suggested a 10-year rolling budget. Does the Secretary of State agree that a 10-year indicative planning horizon is a watering down of that proposal, and was it the Treasury that objected?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
505 c310 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Defence Defence equipment Finance Public expenditure Procurement Military alliances Security Reorganisation Afghanistan
Link
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