Extract from Commons debate on the UK Defence Spending - June 24
Friday, 25 June 2021 08:20
The Minister for the Armed Forces (James Heappey):...This week as
we celebrate Armed Forces Week and look forward to Armed Forces
Day, the Royal Navy has three capital ships at sea: HMS Prince of
Wales in the Atlantic; HMS Albion returning from the Baltic; and
HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy is forward
present in the south Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean,
and our submariners are maintaining the continuous at-sea deterrent
beneath our oceans. The Army is...Request free trial
The Minister for the Armed Forces ():...This week as we celebrate Armed Forces Week
and look forward to Armed Forces Day, the Royal Navy has three
capital ships at sea: HMS Prince of Wales in the Atlantic; HMS
Albion returning from the Baltic; and HMS Queen Elizabeth in the
Mediterranean. The Royal Navy is forward present in the south
Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, and our submariners
are maintaining the continuous at-sea deterrent beneath our oceans.
The Army is part of NATO in Estonia and Ukraine, fighting violent
extremism in Mali, Somalia, Nigeria and Ghana, and doing the same
against Daesh in Iraq and against the Taliban, as well as keeping
the Falklands secure. Our Air Force has our
quick reaction alert pilots at high readiness to protect UK
airspace, while Typhoon pilots in Cyprus participate in Operation
Shader. As well as that, we have more Typhoon pilots in Romania on
Op Biloxi and, of course, those on board the carrier with
F-35...
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