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Armed Forces: Redundancies

Debate between Lord Davies of Stamford and Lord King of Bridgwater
Tuesday 22nd January 2013

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, the Government’s record in this area is not a good one. Within a few months of getting rid of our carrier strike capability, we found ourselves regretting the absence of a carrier in the Libyan operation and were forced to spend even more money hiring an Italian naval base and providing in-flight refuelling which we would not otherwise have needed. In the present state of affairs, is there not all too great a chance that we might soon regret this hasty decision to reduce our Army, which was taken in rather different circumstances a couple of years ago?