Debate on a motion to consider the matter of defence procurement. (Inc ref to the Defence Select Committee fifth report on Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07, HC 61, and the Government Response, HC 468, and the Tenth Report from the Committee, on Defence Equipment 2008, HC 295, and the Government Response, HC 555.)

Debate on a motion to consider the matter of defence procurement. (Inc ref to the Defence Select Committee fifth report on Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07, HC 61, and the Government Response, HC 468, and the Tenth Report from the Committee, on Defence Equipment 2008, HC 295,...

Has the hon. Gentleman looked at the armed forces benefits calculator? If he has, he will have seen that a number of inflated claims are made for the notional value of training packages that people receive in the armed forces. Given what he has just said about their value in...

Has the hon. Gentleman looked at the armed forces benefits calculator? If he has, he will have seen that a number of inflated claims are made for the notional value of training packages that people receive in the armed forces. Given what he has just said about their value in...

I add my tribute to those that have been paid so warmly today to the fallen. It is a sad day today for British defence procurement, because the Minister has announced—sotto voce, if I may say so—the reduction in the number of T45s from the 1998 assumption of 12 to...

I add my tribute to those that have been paid so warmly today to the fallen. It is a sad day today for British defence procurement, because the Minister has announced—sotto voce, if I may say so—the reduction in the number of T45s from the 1998 assumption of 12 to...

So it was a training exercise?

So it was a training exercise?