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Debate between David Ruffley and Nick Harvey
Monday 14th March 2011
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Nick Harvey
The money to which the hon. Gentleman alludes covers the whole SDSR period. It is new money intended to help prime the efforts of both the public and private sectors, as I said a moment ago, to ensure that the nation as a whole has in place the maximum possible defences over the next few years. It is a fast-changing scene, and it is essential that we keep up with the ever changing threat.
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds) (Con)
10. What progress his Department has made on the joint search and rescue harmonisation project; and if he will make a statement.