Marquess of Lothian
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UK Armed Forces in Iraq
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Monday 15th December 2014
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(9 years, 11 months ago)
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Lord Astor of Hever
I agree with my noble friend. We have absolutely no plans for mission creep. We have previously announced our intention to support the Iraqis with training their forces and, as I said earlier, the Iraqi Prime Minister has been very clear that they do not want to see western ground combat forces.
The Marquess of Lothian (Con)
Can my noble friend tell the House whether the number of air strikes being carried out by Her Majesty’s forces in Iraq are at the moment increasing or decreasing?