Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Jim McGovern Excerpts
Monday 26th March 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is our intention and it is what the previous Government signally failed to do.

Jim McGovern Portrait Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab)
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Earlier, we heard about morale in the armed forces. I regret to report that, apparently, morale is low in the Royal Marines Reserve detachment in my constituency, because of uncertainty about its future. I wrote to the Secretary of State for Defence in January, raised the matter in Prime Minister’s questions in February and today I am raising it for the third month in succession. What does the future hold for the RMR detachment in Dundee?

Nick Harvey Portrait The Minister for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey)
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That is part of our ongoing review. I shall come back to the hon. Gentleman with more details as soon as we have finalised our decisions.