The hon. Gentleman is making a compelling case for investing in our diplomatic service. Does he share my concern that the cuts are not only leading to a lack of spread across the world and impacting on the standing of the United Kingdom globally, but affecting the expertise and analytical capabilities of the diplomatic service in respect of the information it feeds back to the United Kingdom?
The FCO and the Spending Review 2015
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Gwynne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 March 2016.
It occurred during Estimates day on The FCO and the Spending Review 2015.
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