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The Army and RAF Lyneham

Proceeding contribution from Robert Buckland (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 January 2011. It occurred during Adjournment debate on The Army and RAF Lyneham.
I am grateful, Mr Betts, for the opportunity to speak in this debate. May I join the tributes to my neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for North Wiltshire (Mr Gray)? For many years, he has done his level best to maintain the presence of the Royal Air Force at Lyneham. Indeed, prior to the election, I had several conversations with him about his work, and I was struck in particular by the report that he and others prepared before the election. It outlined the very basis on which he secured today's debate, and it argued that civilian use of the Lyneham airfields was not appropriate, that the clean-up costs for the area would be considerable and that logic therefore dictated that military use of some kind—that is, the Army—was appropriate. I support that wholeheartedly.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
522 c90WH 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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