Kosovo: Deployment of British Forces

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 4:21 pm on 22 March 2004.

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Photo of Earl Attlee Earl Attlee Conservative 4:21, 22 March 2004

My Lords, many people will be pleased that this task has been given to the UK Spearhead Battalion, a standard high-quality British infantry unit. Too often we have reached for highly specialised units and ignored the Spearhead Battalion that has been at a state of high readiness, and at some personal cost.