I am grateful that the Secretary of State has mentioned the threat posed by the Russian Federation, especially its recent manoeuvres on the borders of NATO allies Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Given that we have already spent more than £900 million on redundancies in our combat-ready forces over the past four years, how are we going to be capable of invigorating our combat forces and ensuring that they will be ready to deal with any threat from the east?
Britain and International Security
Proceeding contribution from
Martin Docherty-Hughes
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 2 July 2015.
It occurred during Debate on Britain and International Security.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
597 c1675 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2015-09-24 14:47:52 +0100
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-02/15070233000546
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-02/15070233000546
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-02/15070233000546