Defence in the World

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:07 pm on 17 October 2002.

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Photo of Patrick Mercer Patrick Mercer Conservative, Newark 2:07, 17 October 2002

Ballistic missiles apart, can the Secretary of State guarantee that, as, when and if our troops are deployed into harm's way—from people such as Saddam Hussein—theatre missile defence will be in place to protect them in the same way that American, Italian, French and German troops have that protection?