Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Andrew Selous Excerpts
Monday 26th March 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I am very keen to hear Back Benchers.

Andrew Selous Portrait Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)
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T8. Does the Secretary of State agree that the tempo of our military withdrawal from Afghanistan should be dictated by real measures of military success on the ground, so that the British lives lost in Afghanistan will not have been in vain?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Philip Hammond
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I agree absolutely that we must secure our legacy in Afghanistan for the sake of all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. The tempo of our withdrawal will depend on the situation on the ground and on decisions that our allies take: we have to go in lockstep with our major allies.