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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 19 October 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton.

Strategic Defence and Security Review

Statement on the Strategic Defence and Security Review (Cm 7948).

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2010-12
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c822 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. One of the reasons for having more regular defence reviews is so that we fo...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c822 (Link to this contribution) We aim to have 110 Typhoons by 2020—the figures are all set out in the document—but clearly the bala...
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Mark Hendrick | 516 c822 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, the Prime Minister made quite clear his support for Eurofighter Typhoon and the jo...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) Two years ago, when jobs were threatened at the QinetiQ Hebrides range—that is where Type 45s, among...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right: procurement is extremely difficult, but we have absolutely got t...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) We have not made decisions about that yet, but what I can say is that the hon. Gentleman can see the...
Daniel Byles | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) As a former soldier, may I thank the Prime Minister for the close personal interest that he has take...
Andrew Miller | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the Prime Minister would listen to me. Will he answer a simple question? He refers to more f...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is not about some great big Government organisation spendin...
Mark Pritchard | 516 c820 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Prime Minister's considered statement and, in particular, his important reference ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c820 (Link to this contribution) On the NATO figures, what I can confirm is that in terms of the NATO definition of what 2% should in...
Michael McCann | 516 c820 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister confirm that the 2010 GDP pledge does not include the cost of Afghanistan?
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c820 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that someone with such impeccable Eurosceptic credentials shares my view that this is...
Edward Leigh | 516 c820 (Link to this contribution) I have noted time and again in the past that brave new talk of co-operation with the French has drib...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c820 (Link to this contribution) The contract is not working. The work for which contracts have already been met will continue to com...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) They should have a range of capabilities. The point that I would make to the hon. Gentleman is that ...
Caroline Lucas | 516 c815 (Link to this contribution) Given that a nuclear attack on the UK by another state was judged by yesterday's national security s...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c815 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank my hon. Friend for taking part in this. I want the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, G...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 516 c815 (Link to this contribution) I remind the House of my interest. Will the Government match their commitment to conflict prevention...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c815 (Link to this contribution) I think that there will be a continuing debate in this country about nuclear deterrence. I have been...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c816 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, who has served in Afghanistan and has expertise in bomb disposal—we should pay credi...
Madeleine Moon | 516 c814 (Link to this contribution) There are human costs attached to the 42,000 job losses across the Ministry of Defence and the milit...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c814-5 (Link to this contribution) I can absolutely give the hon. Lady that assurance. We want to ensure that as many of the job losses...
Julian Brazier | 516 c815 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for the honour that he has done me in putting me on to the commission. ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) We are supporting and, of course, upgrading Eurofighter because it is important that it has a ground...
Gordon Birtwistle | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to fast jets. Will he confirm that the final tranche of th...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) This is what the defence review was all about—asking some of these difficult questions. The conclusi...
Joan Ruddock | 516 c816 (Link to this contribution) I have always supported the case for greater conflict prevention, but conflict prevention needs to b...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c816 (Link to this contribution) I would say that conflict affects women and children and that broken states have the worst records o...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c816 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support our defence industrial base, which is one of our great industries and a great exp...
Alun Michael | 516 c816 (Link to this contribution) I find it passing strange that the Prime Minister made no reference in his statement to the defence ...
Mark Menzies | 516 c816 (Link to this contribution) At Warton and Samlesbury, we have a world-class work force building world-class aircraft, but I need...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c818 (Link to this contribution) I am going to sound a bit like a stuck record on the National Security Council, but it is really has...
Rory Stewart | 516 c818 (Link to this contribution) One of the fundamental problems of the last eight to 10 years has been the split between foreign pol...
Thomas Docherty | 516 c818 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister tell us whether Rosyth dockyard's frigate refit orders between now and 2013 w...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) I can absolutely confirm that. The decisions that we make through this process will clearly have imp...
Gordon Marsden | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) Thousands of aerospace workers across Lancashire, including hundreds in my constituency who work at ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c818 (Link to this contribution) Of course all those things, and many other things, were Labour policy. That is the problem. There wa...
Speaker | 516 c818 (Link to this contribution) Order. These are hugely important matters, and I should like to accommodate some more colleagues, bu...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) Certainly. I do not think that it would be right to exchange operational points across the Floor of ...
Oliver Colvile | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to the aircraft carriers—I am very grateful for that—b...
Owen Smith | 516 c819 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Prime Minister about the important issue of the defence training college at St Athan? ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c819 (Link to this contribution) Yes, all these decisions should be based on proper military logic—what is right for the armed forces...
Robert Walter | 516 c819 (Link to this contribution) The national security strategy yesterday and the Prime Minister today both emphasised cyber-threats ...
Eric Joyce | 516 c819 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has mentioned a reduction in service numbers. Can he give us his assurance that t...
Gary Streeter | 516 c819 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will be aware that his words of support for Plymouth naval base will be extremely...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c819 (Link to this contribution) I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. The Royal Marines have done fantastic work for ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c819 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Government are going ahead with building both carriers, I think that that is not exac...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c808-9 (Link to this contribution) That is absolutely the crucial question and the one that I personally spent the most time on. In man...
Malcolm Rifkind | 516 c807 (Link to this contribution) With such a thankless task because of the economic background, may I commend the Prime Minister and ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c807-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his question. As a lifelong supporter of Britain's inde...
Angus Robertson | 516 c808 (Link to this contribution) Thoughts must go to servicemen and servicewomen in communities around the country. Many will be worr...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c808 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary will be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman. Clearly, RAF Ki...
Speaker | 516 c808 (Link to this contribution) Order. I say to the hon. Gentleman that he must calm himself, however strongly he feels. I want to h...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 516 c808 (Link to this contribution) The Defence Select Committee will wish to give the review very close scrutiny. It seems to take a re...
Derek Twigg | 516 c809-10 (Link to this contribution) We have now seen some of the biggest cuts ever in defence, as we saw when the Conservatives were las...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c810 (Link to this contribution) Along with our NATO partners, we believe that there is a clear programme of training up the Afghan n...
Lord Soames of Fletching | 516 c809 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome this review, and especially the careful analysis that has gone into it and the conclus...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c809 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. The whole point about this review is that it has a vision for what our forc...
Alison Seabeck | 516 c810 (Link to this contribution) For obvious reasons, the Prime Minister was not able to list in his statement all the vessels that w...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c810-1 (Link to this contribution) I know the hon. Lady has a very strong constituency interest in this matter, and perhaps I can get b...
Roger Williams | 516 c810 (Link to this contribution) It was sad to hear this morning that the appointment of Metrix as the preferred bidder for the St At...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c810 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely can give my hon. Friend that assurance. The current programme and PFI for St Athan is n...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c809 (Link to this contribution) Clearly—and everyone will accept this—we need to get away from the sort of cold war tactics of havin...
Nicholas Brown | 516 c809 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will know that the country's only remaining factory for the manufacture of battle...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 516 c812 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Prime Minister, in his previous answer, cast doubt on the Labour party's commitment t...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c812 (Link to this contribution) I really think that I have answered the question. The military advice is that 2016 is when we need t...
Penny Mordaunt | 516 c812 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the decision that we will build the new carriers. Can the Prime Minister confirm that Port...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c811 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman has a strong constituency interest in this matter. I can tell him tha...
Julian Lewis | 516 c811-2 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has it in his power to secure the future of the nuclear deterrent until 2055 by...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c812 (Link to this contribution) I worked with my hon. Friend for many, many years, and I know that he takes an extremely close and p...
Bernard Jenkin | 516 c811 (Link to this contribution) I commend my right hon. Friend's determination to adopt a more thoughtful and strategic approach. Ha...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c814 (Link to this contribution) Our proposals are within the spirit and the letter of the non-proliferation treaty. Also, I did not ...
James Gray | 516 c814 (Link to this contribution) The communities of Wootton Bassett and Calne, as well as that of Lyneham itself, will deeply regret ...
Jeremy Corbyn | 516 c813 (Link to this contribution) The nuclear non-proliferation treaty commits this country to long-term nuclear disarmament and to ta...
Richard Ottaway | 516 c813 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement that there will be no shrinkage in Britain's role on the wo...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c813 (Link to this contribution) The Royal Navy has said that it is able to undertake its task with this lay down of frigates and des...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c813 (Link to this contribution) That was very ingenious: the right hon. Gentleman managed to get round your restriction on questions...
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 516 c812-3 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister announced a reduction of 7,000 to the Army. Will he give the House an assurance t...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c812 (Link to this contribution) I can say yes to both those questions, particularly the second, which is: do we have the naval asset...
Speaker | 516 c806 (Link to this contribution) Order. First, it is courteous to listen to the Prime Minister, and secondly, I want to hear his answ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c806 (Link to this contribution) I really can reassure my—[Interruption.] ... I really can reassure my hon. Friend. I am a very stron...
Bob Ainsworth | 516 c806 (Link to this contribution) Is not the Prime Minister doing precisely what he criticises with regard to Trident? He is putting o...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c806 (Link to this contribution) Let me first answer the right hon. Gentleman's last question. What we are proposing would mean no re...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c806-7 (Link to this contribution) Of course we will continue to look at our responsibilities on nuclear disarmament, which we believe ...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 516 c806 (Link to this contribution) May I offer the Prime Minister some comfort in relation to Trident and say that I welcome the propos...
Mike Gapes | 516 c807 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has announced cuts and deferred defence decisions today, and tomorrow the Chancel...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c797-801 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the strategic defence and security ...
Speaker | 516 c803 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for interrupting the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Ellwood, these constant sedenta...
Ed Miliband | 516 c801-4 (Link to this contribution) May I start by joining the Prime Minister in paying tribute to the men and women of our armed forces...
Peter Tapsell | 516 c805-6 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister understand that many will view with great concern the decision to postpone t...
Speaker | 516 c805 (Link to this contribution) Order. A great many right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye. As always, I want to ma...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c804-5 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the right hon. Gentleman said about our armed forces. Anyone who does my job or that ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c825 (Link to this contribution) I hope that it can become accepted between all parties in the House that we have five-yearly reviews...
Michael Connarty | 516 c825 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, the Prime Minister sounded the death knell for Kinloss as an RAF station, but he did not re...
Speaker | 516 c825 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry to disappoint some colleagues, but I have allowed the statement to run rather long...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c825 (Link to this contribution) I said that we are going to look at all the bases and see clearly what impact there is on Kinloss an...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c824 (Link to this contribution) With the announcements that we have made in the national security strategy and today, I do not think...
Geraint Davies | 516 c824 (Link to this contribution) This is financial, not strategic. The defence academy in south Wales has been cancelled, the Royal N...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c824 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman's break from Parliament did not do anything for his temper or hi...
Matt Hancock | 516 c824 (Link to this contribution) Last week, the Public Accounts Committee heard from Sir Bill Jeffrey, who said that the lack of a st...
Huw Irranca-Davies | 516 c824 (Link to this contribution) May I say how much I agree with the Prime Minister, particularly on the occasions at the conference ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c824 (Link to this contribution) Fundamentally, yes, there is a future for defence training at St Athan, as I have said. We need to m...
Nadhim Zahawi | 516 c824 (Link to this contribution) Cyber-security is a relatively new threat. Are we lagging behind other countries?
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c823-4 (Link to this contribution) Yes, absolutely. As I say, Afghanistan is funded through the Treasury reserve but we cannot entirely...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c823 (Link to this contribution) There are a number of things that are new. The emphasis on a national security strategy in the round...
Hugh Bayley | 516 c823 (Link to this contribution) Lord Robertson's strategic defence review was so well regarded internationally that he was made Secr...
Alun Cairns | 516 c823 (Link to this contribution) My constituents and I—and, it seems, many other Members in the Chamber—are naturally disappointed th...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c823 (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to do that. I know how strongly people feel about this in south Wales and I know how...
Ian Davidson | 516 c822 (Link to this contribution) May I unequivocally welcome the announcement on the aircraft carriers? It took long enough. However,...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c823 (Link to this contribution) The answer to the second half of the hon. Gentleman's question is yes. On the carriers, it will not ...
Claire O'Neill | 516 c822 (Link to this contribution) My constituency of Devizes is home to more than 10,000 soldiers, plus a huge number of families and ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c822 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We have not yet announced the full range of allowance change...
Speaker | 516 c821 (Link to this contribution) Order. One question is quite enough.
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c814 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has stood up for Lyneham with vigour and tenacity for many years, and I commend him f...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c807 (Link to this contribution) May I suggest to the hon. Gentleman a novel idea? Why do we not start looking at what we get out of ...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 516 c811 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. That was one of the reasons why yesterday we published the n...
Oliver Heald | 516 c822 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, but does the Prime Minister agree that one of the problems with delaying de...
Ronnie Campbell | 516 c817 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister may not be aware that my son is serving in 40 Commando Royal Marines, and has jus...
Lord Walney | 516 c811 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister says that savings can be made in this Parliament by delaying Trident, but can he ...
John Baron | 516 c823 (Link to this contribution) Despite the futility of the Afghanistan war, our troops deserve the greatest support. In part, they ...
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