Armed Forces: Housing

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Excerpts

Wednesday 14th December 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Pearson of Rannoch]

My Lords—

[Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville]

My Lords, may I remark to my noble friend that my noble friend Lady Sharples asked a question about the Wellington barracks when we were in opposition? It has clearly therefore appeared on the screen of the Ministry of Defence. If the first Duke of Wellington was alive today, I shudder to think what he would have said if it had disappeared from the screen during his lifetime.

[Lord Wallace of Saltaire]

I shudder to think what service accommodation was like when the Duke of Wellington was a general.