Given that the risk of seizure was foreseen and that 95% of goods entering the UK do so by sea, does the Foreign Secretary agree that a Royal Navy of fewer than 20 ships is not up to the task and that we need to spend more on our defence, because no matter how capable a ship, it cannot be in more than one place at a time?
Situation in the Gulf
Proceeding contribution from
John Baron
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 July 2019.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Situation in the Gulf.
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2017-19
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2019-07-28 23:13:41 +0100
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