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Defence Spending (Wales)

Proceeding contribution from Sian C James (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 December 2010. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Defence Spending (Wales).
I thank my hon. Friend for that. What have we heard from the coalition? The Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary maintain that there is still a bright future for the area, and that a decision will be made in the spring. The Welsh Secretary insists that she is continuing to press the case for St Athan, but we have all witnessed the power that she wields in the Cabinet. There have been so many words, but so little action—there was the decision to close the Newport passport office, deferral of the electrification of the south Wales main line, and the fact that Wales was not included among the new superfast broadband pilot areas.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
520 c71WH 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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