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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Rehman Chishti Excerpts
Monday 26th November 2012

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Francois Portrait Mr Francois
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I am glad to add congratulations from the Dispatch Box to those of the hon. Lady, and I hope they will appear prominently in her local newspaper. She might be aware that the cadet movement has more than 140,000 members, of whom at the latest count 35,700 are members of the Air Training Corps. As the House has heard, the Government are trying to increase those numbers further because we appreciate the values that cadets bring to our society.

Rehman Chishti Portrait Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)
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3. What assessment he has made of likely UK military commitments in Afghanistan in 2015.

Jack Lopresti Portrait Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con)
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11. What assessment he has made of likely UK military commitments in Afghanistan in 2015.

Rehman Chishti Portrait Rehman Chishti
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Will the post-2014 strategy also see an end to drone strikes in Afghanistan?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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Speaking for the United Kingdom, it is not our intention to remain in a combat role after the end of 2014. That would include combat drone strikes.