Strategic Defence and Security Review

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 3:31 pm on 19 October 2010.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 3:31, 19 October 2010

Clearly-and everyone will accept this-we need to get away from the sort of cold war tactics of having massed tank regiments in Germany, as we have had in the past. The statement as a whole is extremely positive for Britain's industrial base, in terms of things such as the joint strike fighter, in which we have a huge participation; the A400M, which we will be building; and the shipbuilding that will continue on the Clyde. Obviously, we need to retain key sovereign capabilities and we have to ask in each case what is strictly necessary. Clearly, we will retain a number of tanks and we need them to be properly serviced and workable, because we cannot predict all future conflicts-and it would be a mistake for a document such as this to try to do so.