Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Combat Air Strategy - Jun 27
Friday, 28 June 2019 08:38
Robert Courts (Witney) (Con):...I am grateful to the hon. Member
for Stoke-on-Trent North for emphasising that SMEs must be deeply
embedded in the strategy, and to my hon. Friend the Member for
Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie Trevelyan) for rightly mentioning
the historical context. We must consider whether we will be
fighting as part of a NATO alliance with allies, or whether we will
be fighting alone. We always hope that we will be fighting with
allies in a NATO context but...Request free trial
(Witney) (Con):...I am
grateful to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North for
emphasising that SMEs must be deeply embedded in the strategy, and
to my hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie
Trevelyan) for rightly mentioning the historical context. We must
consider whether we will be fighting as part of a NATO alliance
with allies, or whether we will be fighting alone. We always hope
that we will be fighting with allies in a NATO context but
the Falklands is the obvious example of a time
when we were not, for a reason we could not foresee. If history
teaches us one thing, it is that whatever comes around the corner
probably will not be the thing that we are expecting. My hon.
Friend was right to point that out...
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