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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Roger Williams Excerpts
Monday 15th April 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Francois Portrait Mr Francois
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As I have already made plain to the House, I am confident that we can meet those targets, but taking nothing for granted, this Friday I am going down to the new Army recruiting centre at Upavon to see the recruiting process at work for myself. I think that I will be even more confident when I get back.

Roger Williams Portrait Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD)
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T8. In drawing up plans for the return of military equipment from Afghanistan, what account has the Ministry of Defence taken of the equipment that the Afghan army will need to carry out its challenging duties in the future?

Lord Robathan Portrait Mr Robathan
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We have yet to decide on any gifting to the Afghan army, but obviously the Afghan army is our ally. We are proceeding on withdrawing equipment from Afghanistan as we withdraw numbers of personnel from the country, but we have yet to decide on anything about gifting.