Armed Forces (Redundancies) Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces (Redundancies)

Andrew Selous Excerpts
Wednesday 2nd March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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I will say it for the third time in the House, although I should say to the hon. Gentleman that I can only explain it to him; I cannot understand it for him. At the point where any compulsory redundancies are made—that will be some time later in the year, as I have made clear in the timetable already set out by the armed forces—no one serving in Afghanistan in receipt of the operational allowance, no one preparing to go there, nobody on post-deployment leave and nobody who is recovering will be made compulsorily redundant.

Andrew Selous Portrait Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)
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Can my right hon. Friend explain why 2 Tornado Squadron was earmarked for removal from service this week?

Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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The squadrons that were removed from service were not covered by the SDSR announcement; what happened was the result of the previous Government’s decision in the 2009 planning round, which is now being implemented.