United Kingdom Military Installations
Debate between Luke Pollard and Alison Hume(1 day, 9 hours ago)
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Luke Pollard
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his promotion in the Liberal Democrat reshuffle to shadow Minister for veterans—an important topic that I know he cares about deeply. As he will appreciate, I cannot comment on individual security arrangements for bases at specific locations, but I can confirm to the House that we keep all our base security arrangements under review and continue to invest in them.
Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby) (Lab)
Last year, a huge wildfire came within a mile of RAF Fylingdales, a ballistic missile early warning base that plays a critical role in UK and US security. In the light of growing environmental and security threats, can the Minister reassure my constituents by setting out what the Government are doing to ramp up security and resilience at critical installations such as RAF Fylingdales?
Luke Pollard
The threats facing our bases are not just from foreign actors. My hon. Friend is right to talk about the effects of a changing climate. She will know that the Prime Minister announced that the RAF will be taking on a new firefighting role, building on the firefighting expertise we have on our bases in Cyprus. That will involve additional equipment on some of the RAF assets so that they are able to tackle wildfires in the United Kingdom in future.
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Debate between Luke Pollard and Alison Hume(1 year, 5 months ago)
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Luke Pollard
It is certainly true that right across Europe, there are European and American firms providing the capabilities we need to keep our people safe. It is right that we continue those discussions with our European friends to look at how UK firms can participate, because UK firms are already present around Europe, providing resources, as indeed are our American friends. We all need to spend more on defence and we all need to renew our capabilities. We are working together to ensure that we have the frameworks and structures to enable that renewal of our forces to take place.
Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby) (Lab)