Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Uppal and Nick Harvey

Monday 4th July 2011 Commons Chamber

[Nick Harvey]

I am pleased to give precisely that confirmation. As the Chief of the Defence Staff has said, we can sustain the operation for as long as necessary. We have flexible and adaptable forces. That is not to say that sustaining operations will not put stress on people and assets, but we are perfectly capable of doing so, and nobody should be in any doubt about our determination.

[Paul Uppal]

It is as well to remind the House that the international community came together to avert an injustice and a massacre in Benghazi. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is essential that we keep that international community cohesion and effort on this most pressing issue?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Uppal and Nick Harvey

Monday 16th May 2011 Commons Chamber

[Nick Harvey]

It is certainly not the case that we always go for the option of dismantling IEDs, as some of them are destroyed, but as part of the ongoing effort to counter the IED threat it is absolutely vital that we have an understanding of how they are made and who is making them. It is absolutely essential intelligence to us—to garner that information on occasions—and we have no intention of changing that approach.

[Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con)]

15. What progress has been made on his Department’s consultation on equipment, support and technology for UK defence and security.