Phil Wilson
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(6 years, 5 months ago)
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Gavin Williamson
My hon. Friend raises a very important point. While we have made such amazing progress, with over 1,600 operations flown by the RAF over Iraq and Syria, we should not think that Daesh, as territory is denied to them, are actually defeated, because they will disperse. The threat this country faces means that we will continue to have to fly operations above Iraq and Syria for a considerable time.
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab)
Our amphibious capability is important to our defence partners, so is the future of HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion secure?
Gavin Williamson
There has been an awful lot of speculation in the press about all of our capabilities. As part of the national security capability review, we have been asked to look at everything that we do, but I am not going to start any speculation about what the results will be. I have made it clear that I want to look at the evidence and the details, and we are not going to be rushed into any decisions.