Defence Industrial Base
Debate between Lord Naseby and Lord Coaker(1 week, 6 days ago)
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Lord Naseby (Con)
As the Minister must know, there are a number of former RAF stations that, until the defence review, were not required; I mention particularly the example of RAF Scampton. Will the Minister now have another review of those airfields to see which are appropriate to meet the new defence requirements? As a former pilot, I would have thought that there were two or three that would fill that category.
Lord Coaker (Lab)
The defence review will require us to look at what bases we have in order to deliver the defence review, whether they are RAF or other facilities. Of course, we need to do this in a sensible way and one which delivers value for money. The number of bases and where they are is important, whether they are RAF or other bases.
Drones: RAF Bases
Debate between Lord Naseby and Lord Coaker(7 months ago)
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Lord Coaker (Lab)
The Gold Command for the sites in East Anglia is the Ministry of Defence Police. That force has the ability, knowledge and expertise to deal with some of the threats that the noble and gallant Lord has pointed out. His question demonstrates the need for the Ministry of Defence Police to work closely with Home Office police forces and other agencies to defend those sites.