The hon. Gentleman talks about the ““forward thing””, but we have to do the sums, and I am afraid his maths is obviously not very good. If he does not believe that the Ministry of Defence is short of money, he is wrong.
The Opposition's amendment 16 represents a further attempt to reduce the discretion of the Secretary of State to consider which subjects to include when preparing his annual report. I have three difficulties with it, and they lead me to oppose it. [Interruption.] I can find more, if the hon. Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown) would like.
Armed Forces Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Robathan
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 June 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Armed Forces Bill.
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