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Proceeding contribution from Lord Touhig (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 October 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Strategic Defence and Security Review.

Strategic Defence and Security Review

My Lords, I remind the noble Lord of the bitter disappointment that is being felt at the decision not to proceed with the defence training academy at St Athan. This is not so much a strategic defence review, but more a butchery of our defence capability. I was a Defence Minister when we did a lot of work in preparing for this academy, which was intended to provide a world-class training facility for our Armed Forces, as they rightly deserve. Even in the most difficult times, it is utterly insane to eat our seed corn when we desperately need to invest in training for the future. Will the Leader of the House go back to his Cabinet colleagues and say that, so far as St Athan is concerned, they need to think again?

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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
721 c785 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Defence Army Air force National security Nuclear weapons Public expenditure Peacekeeping operations Procurement Staff Navy Military aircraft Ministry of Defence Reserve forces Warships Afghanistan Aircraft carriers Nuclear submarines Harrier aircraft Typhoon aircraft F-35 aircraft Electronic warfare Conflict prevention A400M aircraft Nimrod aircraft Tornado aircraft Type 45 destroyers Astute class submarines Special forces Unmanned air systems Strategic Defence and Security Review
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