Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Christian Matheson Excerpts
Monday 13th March 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait Mark Lancaster
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My hon. Friend makes a valuable point. The point at which spouses are overseas on deployment is absolutely the time when we must focus on offering support to their families. I will look very carefully at what he says.

Christian Matheson Portrait Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab)
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Does the Minister agree that quality accommodation is central to satisfaction and retention rates, and does he therefore also agree that, having invested a large amount in service accommodation at Dale barracks in Chester, it would be a false economy to now close those barracks?