Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Martin Docherty-Hughes Excerpts
Wednesday 18th May 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alister Jack Portrait Mr Jack
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I think my hon. Friend refers to ferries, and he is absolutely right. I think the ferries float. They just cannot seem to finish them or make them work, or find anything that gets close to resembling a ferry.

Martin Docherty-Hughes Portrait Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire) (SNP)
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During the 2014 independence referendum, the Secretary of State’s Government promised that 12,500 armed forces personnel would be based in Scotland. The current figure is more than 25% below that 2014 promise. With the downward pressure on the armed forces across the board, when will his Government admit that they will never actually meet that target?