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Proceeding contribution from Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 June 2010. It occurred during Debate on Strategic Defence and Security Review.


Strategic Defence and Security Review

The Secretary of State began this passage of his speech by talking about returning to first principles. That allows me to take up an issue that he dealt with a moment or two ago, which is this: in determining the structure of our armed forces, in determining the location of bases, and in determining procurement decisions, must we not accept that the motivation has to be what is in the best interests of defence? If I may be excused for putting the matter pejoratively, we should not be using defence as some kind of job creation scheme.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
512 c55 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Contracts Armed forces Defence Defence equipment Employment Health services Helicopters Pay Pensions Nuclear weapons Procurement Military alliances Scotland Reviews Afghanistan Aircraft carriers Trident
Link
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