MP highlights Taliban account for just one quarter of ‘green-on-blue’ attacks Further to his Urgent Question in Parliament on Tuesday, John Baron MP has sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Defence calling on him to re-examine the case for joint on-the-ground operations between British troops and Afghan forces in light of...
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Key questions asked and mission clarity requested. Today in the House of Commons, the Speaker granted John Baron MP an Urgent Question (UQ) – this allows MPs to raise issues of concern at short notice, and involves the appropriate Secretary of State answering those concerns at the dispatch box. John raised reports of NATO’s...
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MP issues ‘call to arms’ for 18th October Today John Baron MP has secured a House of Commons debate on 18th October which will question the axing of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2RRF). The debate was secured following a presentation to the Backbench Business Committee yesterday, with the help of Mary...
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MP raises issue at Prime Minister’s Questions today Today John Baron MP hosted a meeting of interested MPs regarding the Government’s decision to axe 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. This was announced in July, and is part of the Government’s programme of cuts to the Army. John disagrees with these cuts in...
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Evidence shows 2 Scottish Battalions would have been axed but for additional political criteria Following his criticism in the House of Commons of the Government’s Army cuts including the proposed axing of The Second Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , and his further questions by letter and email, John Baron MP met with...
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MP says Army cuts are foolish Today in the House of Commons, during Defence Questions, John Baron MP criticised the Secretary of State for Defence over Government cuts to the Army. John has three-year figures clearly showing the continual under-recruitment of Scottish battalions relative to the English battalions which are now facing the axe....
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MP says more Scottish Battalions should have been cut Today in the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Defence, made a Statement about defence cuts – detailing the 17 units of the British Army which are to be axed. This follows an earlier decision to reduce...
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MP highlights under-manning of Scottish Regiments Yesterday evening in the House of Commons during a debate on Defence Reform, the issue of cuts to the British Army was discussed. There have been media reports that the Second Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, is to be axed – resulting in a one Battalion...
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MP stresses need to drop preconditions to Taliban talks Today in the House of Commons the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, the Secretary of State for Defence, made a statement on British troop levels in Afghanistan. John Baron MP took the opportunity to press him over the need for non-conditional talks with the enemy....
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MP: Troops have done their job, now time for politicians to do theirs Today during Foreign and Commonwealth Questions in the House of Commons, John Baron MP pressed the Foreign Secretary about the need to open non-conditional talks with the Taliban. This follows further recent evidence, including recent attacks over the weekend, which suggests...
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