Proceeding contribution from Liam Fox (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 1 March 2010. It occurred during Opposition day on Defence.
Defence
That is a statement of the obvious. I will come in a moment to the economic backdrop against which future decisions will have to be made. The point that I am making is that we now know that troops were sent into harm's way in Iraq, without the proper equipment, for political reasons. Sending troops into harm's way without the proper kit for domestic reasons is a serious breach of the military covenant.
Secondary information
- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 506 c665
- Session
- 2009-10
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Armed forces Cost effectiveness Defence Capital investment Defence equipment Housing Health services Finance Expenditure Iraq Helicopters Pay Procurement Navy Mental health services Military aircraft Afghanistan Aircraft carriers Trident
- Link
- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2024-04-21 19:57:04 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_624856
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_624856
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_624856