Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Defence Spending - Jul 16
Wednesday, 17 July 2019 07:54
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (Con):...The key point is
that presence is influence, and with influence come positive
outcomes. We cannot do deterrence if we are not there. We saw that
demonstrated in stark images on our TV screens last week when HMS
Montrose in the strait of Hormuz assured the safe passage of
a BP tanker, protecting it from the insurgent threat of
Iranian military attack. If Montrose had not been there, I dread to
think what might have happened. Freedom...Request free trial
(Berwick-upon-Tweed)
(Con):...The key point is that presence is influence, and with
influence come positive outcomes. We cannot do deterrence if we are
not there. We saw that demonstrated in stark images on our TV
screens last week when HMS in the strait of Hormuz assured
the safe passage of a BP tanker, protecting it from the insurgent
threat of Iranian military attack. If had not been there, I dread to
think what might have happened. Freedom of navigation around the
world’s seas and oceans is critical to our economy: 95% of all our
imports come by sea, and it is NATO’s navies that keep the sea
lanes open for commercial traffic. We would all be very cross
indeed and notice quickly if Felixstowe or Dover were shut down by
enemy attack. In the same way, just because we cannot see the huge
areas of oceans from which our goods and energy are being brought
to us, that does not mean we should forget that we need to police
those waters, too...
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