European Defence Agency
Debate between Lord Liddle and Lord Astor of Hever
Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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Lord Astor of Hever
My Lords, I have read the report of Sub-Committee C and, as I said in my reply, we will take this into account in the review.
Lord Liddle
My Lords, does the Minister accept that, in the age of financial austerity that he referred to, there is a very strong case for common defence procurement if it can be done economically within Europe, and that potentially the agency has a huge role to play in making that work much better than it has in the past?
Lord Astor of Hever
My Lords, I agree with that. If we can do it economically, this makes a lot of sense.