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Debate between Karen Lumley and David Amess
Monday 13th July 2015

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Lumley Portrait Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con)
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10. What steps his Department is taking to degrade and defeat ISIL.

David Amess Portrait Sir David Amess (Southend West) (Con)
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13. What steps his Department is taking to degrade and defeat ISIL.

Michael Fallon Portrait The Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon)
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In addition to over 300 strikes, the Royal Air Force’s sophisticated intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are making a crucial contribution—some 30% of the total intelligence effort—to the counter-ISIL coalition air campaign. We have trained over 1,600 members of the Iraqi security forces, and last month we announced that up to an additional 125 personnel will train Iraqi security forces in countering improved improvised explosive devices and in other vital skills.

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