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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 3 February 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Bob Ainsworth.

Strategic Defence Review (Green Paper)

Statement on the Strategic Defence Review Green Paper (Cm 7794) and the Strategy for Acquisition Reform (Cm 7796).

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
505 c303-17 
Session
2009-10
Department
Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Defence strategy for acquisition reform.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c315 (Link to this contribution) When one looks for international comparators, one struggles to find anybody who does such things in ...
David Tredinnick | 505 c314 (Link to this contribution) Bernard Gray found that too many types of equipment were being ordered for too many tasks at too hig...
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Bob Ainsworth | 505 c315 (Link to this contribution) Yes, that is something that has got to be looked at. I would just remind the right hon. Gentleman th...
Michael Jack | 505 c315 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware of the developing world-class technology at BAE Warton in my co...
Speaker | 505 c316 (Link to this contribution) Order. That was a quintet of questions, but one answer will suffice.
William Cash | 505 c316 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State note, seeing as he has made the statement, that there is not a single re...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c315 (Link to this contribution) I would add to what the right hon. Gentleman says by saying that Northern Ireland provides a home ba...
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 505 c315 (Link to this contribution) May I assure the Secretary of State that we in Northern Ireland and our friends in Scotland and Wale...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c316 (Link to this contribution) I hope so. That is why those passages are there. I think societal trends will push us, in the long t...
Julian Brazier | 505 c315 (Link to this contribution) It is welcome that the Green Paper contains a number of references to reserve forces, following from...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c316-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has looked into vehicle capability and developed quite a level of expertise in that ar...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c316 (Link to this contribution) Maybe. The question has been raised and the strategic defence review will have to answer it, and the...
Philip Hollobone | 505 c316 (Link to this contribution) Should there not be a step change increase in the use of our reserve forces if we are to provide Her...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c316 (Link to this contribution) Unless I misread my speech or there was a late draft or whatever, NATO, the European Union and the U...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c317 (Link to this contribution) Equally, I heard the Prime Minister not so long ago tell the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends tha...
Crispin Blunt | 505 c317 (Link to this contribution) Until 1997, there was an annual defence White Paper, which was, to a significant degree, the public ...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c317 (Link to this contribution) One of the big questions we must face is to what degree we are prepared to integrate with, and there...
Peter Bone | 505 c317 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State expand his thinking about integration with our European allies? Would th...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c313 (Link to this contribution) We need to recognise that the way in which we treat our armed forces has an impact on our ability to...
Clive Efford | 505 c313 (Link to this contribution) The public's response to soldiers returning from conflicts has demonstrated that they want our armed...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c313-4 (Link to this contribution) We took the decision to build the carriers, and my hon. Friend was deeply disappointed that we did n...
Ian Davidson | 505 c313 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Secretary of State how successful he has been in building a consensus with the Opposit...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c313 (Link to this contribution) I understand that the hon. Gentleman is representing his constituents assiduously, but the needs of ...
Alan Duncan | 505 c313 (Link to this contribution) How can the Secretary of State justify taking the decision now to close RAF Cottesmore in Rutland be...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c312 (Link to this contribution) What my hon. Friend says was certainly true for a fairly long period, when we had an increasing cont...
Douglas Carswell | 505 c312 (Link to this contribution) Will the strategic review allow for more off-the-shelf procurement? Will it call time on the ruinous...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c312 (Link to this contribution) I personally get on very well with the hon. Gentleman—I want to say that at the start. However, I sa...
Gordon Prentice | 505 c312 (Link to this contribution) My friend talks all the time about "our people", but a steadily rising number of our people are recr...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c312-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman takes the view, which is not widely shared in the House, that we can simply buy c...
Ian Taylor | 505 c314 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Secretary of State for raising as one of his strategic questions the matter of armed f...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c314 (Link to this contribution) It is true to say that we have been going in the opposite direction, because other organisations, pa...
Bob Russell | 505 c314 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said, "Our biggest capability is our people…military and civilian", and their...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c314 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that we have invested hugely in the estate, and his constituency and consti...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c310 (Link to this contribution) The longer the planning horizons that we can have in this regard, the better off we are, so we have ...
Speaker | 505 c310 (Link to this contribution) Order. A further 22 right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye. I should like to accomm...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c309 (Link to this contribution) In response to my hon. Friend's final question, yes, of course, it is absolutely necessary and vital...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 505 c310 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for prior sight of the statement and of the Green Paper, which is fine, and helpful. I...
Linda Gilroy | 505 c309 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and accompanying papers and the emphasis that my right hon. Friend places on...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c308-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his response. He takes these issues seriously and studies them, and I...
Nick Harvey | 505 c307-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Defence Secretary for his statement and for the Green Paper, which is a well-judged atte...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c307 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind comments— despite his motives in making them. Can I just poi...
Liam Fox | 505 c305-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for prior sight of it, although we seem to be t...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c303-5 (Link to this contribution) Statement. Today I am publishing a defence Green Paper that paves the way for a strategic defence re...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c311 (Link to this contribution) The financial pressures are real, and they will have to be tackled. I agree with the hon. Gentleman ...
Dari Taylor | 505 c311 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the thoughtful statement by the Secretary of State. In terms of emergent threats, w...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c311-2 (Link to this contribution) Passages in the Green Paper refer to the cyber environment, because we must be mindful of the great ...
Angus Robertson | 505 c312 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's statement and the strategic defence review. I note with sadness t...
Bernard Jenkin | 505 c311 (Link to this contribution) May I add my thanks to the Secretary of State for the way in which he has sought to engage with a wi...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c311 (Link to this contribution) I am not surprised that my hon. Friend and I have failed to reach a consensus on the nuclear issue. ...
Jeremy Corbyn | 505 c311 (Link to this contribution) If I may say so, I found the Secretary of State's statement rather depressing. There was no mention ...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c310 (Link to this contribution) Over time, our plans are to base our air capability principally on two aircraft—the Typhoon and the ...
David S Borrow | 505 c310 (Link to this contribution) On Friday, I will be visiting BAE Systems' plant at Samlesbury in Lancashire, where the joint strike...
Bob Ainsworth | 505 c311 (Link to this contribution) This Green Paper is clearly grounded in the security documentation that the Government have produced...
Lord Soames of Fletching | 505 c310 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the right hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) for thei...
Ann Winterton | 505 c316 (Link to this contribution) Was it not the Ministry's preoccupation with the European Union project for the future rapid effect ...
Subjects
Armed forces Defence Defence equipment Finance Public expenditure Procurement Military alliances Security Reorganisation Afghanistan
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