Yes, I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. As I have said, we cannot underestimate the effect on the morale of people serving on bases such as Condor when every so often—every other month, it seems—we read in newspapers of ill-judged speculation about the future of bases by, in this case, Scottish Government Ministers. We cannot underestimate the effect that has on them, their families and the communities those bases serve.
Defence
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Bowie
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 January 2018.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Defence.
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