Proceeding contribution from Stephen Doughty (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 13 July 2017. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Counter-Daesh Update.
Counter-Daesh Update
It is good to see so many Members entering the Chamber to hear my question. [Laughter.]
I pay tribute to our amazing armed forces personnel, who have acted with the utmost bravery and dedication in this conflict, and I second the calls for an operational service medal to be awarded. Given the special role that the Army has played in training during the conflict, among its many other roles, and given the depth, breadth and complexity of the operations that it now faces not only in this theatre but around the world, does the Secretary of State agree that this would be exactly the wrong time to reduce the number of our regular Army personnel?
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- 2017-19
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- Armed conflict Humanitarian aid Iraq Politics and government Syria Peace negotiations Military intervention Islamic State
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