Defence Review Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Defence Review

Lord Lexden Excerpts
Wednesday 25th March 2015

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, I was not aware of the issue that the noble Lord has just raised. The next security and defence review will certainly look at how to squeeze the most out of the defence procurement process.

Lord Lexden Portrait Lord Lexden (Con)
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Returning to current spending, will the £25 million allocated in the Budget to military veterans be extended to former service men and women in Northern Ireland?

Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, I am assured that it will be extended to Northern Ireland and that the MoD is quite clear that this is a UK scheme and not just a Great Britain scheme.