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Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: Does the hon. Gentleman believe that protectionist procurement sometimes means that our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq do not have the equipment that they would otherwise have, and does he consider that acceptable?

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Carswell: ...buying the best equipment for our armed forces, sourced from wherever in the world. By buying protectionist equipment, we deny our armed forces the equipment they so desperately need in Afghanistan and Iraq. I have spoken in the House before about the high price I believe our armed forces pay for that. Protectionism may be in the interests of a few corporate suppliers and a few defence...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (3 Mar 2008)

Douglas Carswell: If he will make a statement on the security situation in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (3 Mar 2008)

Douglas Carswell: Yet another British serviceman was killed in Iraq last week. There is widespread concern that rockets being used to kill our servicemen are, in fact, made in Iran. Is that true?

Point of Order: Defence Procurement (9 Oct 2007)

Douglas Carswell: ...twice as much on buying an inferior helicopter, which will not be available for years, from an Italian company. Similar points could be made about Merlin and the Chinook. Not only the taxpayer pays the price for that decision. In Iraq and Afghanistan, helicopters save lives. Every helicopter means fewer road journeys, fewer targets for improvised explosive devices, fewer bombed and broken...