Debates between Penny Mordaunt and Pauline Latham during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Penny Mordaunt and Pauline Latham
Monday 18th April 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I know that the hon. Gentleman cares passionately about these issues. I point him to a number of investigations that have gone on, both very lengthy investigations by the Ministry of Defence and investigations by Committees of the House into Afghanistan and, in particular, Helmand in 2006. It is important that we learn the lessons from those inquiries. I hope that he will be able to see from operations today, in particular Op Shader, that we are acting on those lessons learned.

Pauline Latham Portrait Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)
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12. What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other NATO countries on spending 2% of GDP on defence.