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Debate between Stuart Andrew and Liam Fox
Monday 14th March 2011

(13 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stuart Andrew Portrait Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con)
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19. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the security situation in the middle east and north Africa.

Liam Fox Portrait The Secretary of State for Defence (Dr Liam Fox)
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In response to the changing security situation in the middle east and north Africa, work is under way to understand the implications that the changing environment will have on our policies in the wider region.

Stuart Andrew Portrait Stuart Andrew
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I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. Will he give an assurance that our regional basing and overflight rights will ensure that we can effectively deploy ground attack aircraft in the region if necessary?

Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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The assumption that we made in the SDSR was that we had sufficient basing and overflight rights to be able to project air power where required. Nothing has happened in recent days to change that assumption.