Lord Dannatt
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The DPM, as others do, speaks for the coalition Government as a whole.
Lord Dannatt
My Lords, does the Minister agree that, whereas one can count what constitutes as savings in the reduction in the housing expenditure programme, you cannot calculate in the same way the cost of the impact on morale? Is he able to tell the House, either now or later, what steps are being taken by the Ministry of Defence to engage with the service families associations to inform them about the changes to the upgrade of their accommodation, bearing in mind that many of the occupants of those houses will probably now be undergoing their second or third tour of duty in Afghanistan?
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
My Lords, I have asked that question of officials and I am assured that the service welfare charities and other bodies have been fully consulted on this.