British Troops (Helmand Province)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:04 pm on 8 July 2009.

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Photo of Bob Spink Bob Spink Independent, Castle Point 3:04, 8 July 2009

No doubt the hon. Gentleman would pray in aid his decision to go ahead the fact that the education of girls in Afghanistan has increased perhaps tenfold during this period. Would he not also agree that, had the money that we spent on the war been spent instead in other ways to promote understanding and education and restructuring in that country in a peaceful way, without the loss of the 170-odd lives, we may have done even better in securing that objective without the loss of life and without quite as much money being spent?