Oral Answers to Questions

Anne McLaughlin Excerpts

Monday 18th July 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr Wallace]

Some of the characteristics that my hon. Friend mentions were not in the speech. The Chief of the General Staff did not say it was perverse to cut 10,000 troops—he did say it was a 1937 moment. The important thing about 1937 was not only that General Montgomery had talked about mobilisation, but that he had talked about ensuring that the force was relevant. If you have a big mass force that is irrelevant to modern technology, you end up like Russia, stuck on the road to Kyiv—wiped out.

[Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East) (SNP)]

T9. Mr Speaker, you will be pleased to know I have a very short question that could be answered with one word. Will serving personnel receive an above-inflation pay rise this year?

[Leo Docherty]

We look forward to making an announcement in due course.