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My Lords, can the Minister tell the House how many urgent operational requirements for the detection of planted IEDs have been placed by the MoD since our deployment in Afghanistan was increased last autumn? Has the Treasury agreed that these UORs will be financed from the Consolidated Fund and not met by defence budget funds?
My Lords, can the Minister tell the House how many urgent operational requirements for the detection of planted IEDs have been placed by the MoD since our deployment in Afghanistan was increased last autumn? Has the Treasury agreed that these UORs will be financed from the Consolidated Fund and not met by defence budget funds?
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Lord Craig of Radley
(Crossbench)
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22 February 2010
My Lords, the urgent operational requirement estimate has now been uplifted by £101 million based on the forecast spend on UORs in the current operational climate. That brings the total estimated expenditure on UORs for the year 2009-10 to £736 million, and that does not include the plans to spend over £700 million on protected mobility vehicles. The Treasury has recognised this particular area, and I think that the Prime Minister’s Statement last year made it clear that for everyone in Government, countering the IED threat, which is so important in this campaign, is a very high priority indeed.
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Defence equipment; Bomb disposal; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan; ISAF; Improvised explosive devices
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22 February 2010
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717 c808
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
My Lords, I was concerned to hear the Minister say, in answer to the supplementary question posed by the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, that there was no question of withdrawing forces from Iraq next spring. The Minister has already acknowledged that we are overstretched and committed well beyond defence planning assumptions. How long can the British Armed Forces continue in this overextended posture?
My Lords, I was concerned to hear the Minister say, in answer to the supplementary question posed by the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, that there was no question of withdrawing forces from Iraq next spring. The Minister has already acknowledged that we are overstretched and committed well beyond defence planning assumptions. How long can the British Armed Forces continue in this overextended posture?
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Lord Craig of Radley
(Crossbench)
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23 November 2006
My Lords, the noble and gallant Lord is right to raise the issue of the pressure that is placed on our Armed Forces in our continued operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. We, together with the chiefs, monitor the situation very closely indeed. I want to make it absolutely clear to the House—because it is important for people to understand—that we see grounds for optimism in Iraq in areas that we have talked about, such as the handover and transition of provinces. As we have heard, we expect to transition one province at the end of this year and we hope that we will be able to hand over Basra in the sense of patrolling in the spring of next year. But that depends on the conditions and it does not necessarily equate with our forces being able to come home. We must recognise that this long process by which our forces are having to stay in these operations puts us under pressure. We have to manage this very carefully and we are doing so.
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Iraq; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan; ISAF
Date
23 November 2006
Reference
687 c424
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
My Lords, I think that the Minister said that he was unable to give a precise figure for the number of troops—servicemen—that we will send to Afghanistan next year. Nevertheless, to be able to judge the impact on Iraq and other commitments, it would be helpful if he could tell us the approximate scale of commitment to Afghanistan next year.
My Lords, I think that the Minister said that he was unable to give a precise figure for the number of troops—servicemen—that we will send to Afghanistan next year. Nevertheless, to be able to judge the impact on Iraq and other commitments, it would be helpful if he could tell us the approximate scale of commitment to Afghanistan next year.
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Lord Craig of Radley
(Crossbench)
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16 June 2005
My Lords, we anticipate that the headquarters group of the ARRC will be of an approximately similar size to the group that is currently there under the Italian leadership. However, no decision has been taken on what additional troops will be provided as part of our aim to move into the southern part of Afghanistan next year. No decision has been taken about that yet.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Iraq; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan; ISAF; NATO rapid reaction corps
Date
16 June 2005
Reference
672 c1328
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords