Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 February 1991.
While saluting the skill and bravery of our service men and women in the Gulf, does my right hon. Friend recognise that it will take some time to evaluate the military lessons of Operation Desert Storm, which will inevitably mean that there will have to be a fundamental review of the paper "Options for Change"?