Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Robert Flello Excerpts
Monday 5th July 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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The role of the Territorial Army has been greatly undervalued too often in the past. I pay tribute, on behalf of the Government, to the role that it plays in the security of our country. The specific future role of the Territorial Army, along with the roles of all sections of our armed forces, will be considered as part of the ongoing defence review.

Robert Flello Portrait Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Lab)
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I am most concerned by what I read in the newspapers about the Taliban’s reaction to the timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan. What implications does that have in respect of the issue of the Taliban in Pakistan, and has the Secretary of State had conversations with the Pakistan Government, given the crossover and the sensitivity between the two?