I thank the Secretary of State for that genuinely helpful intervention. In Committee, we will have to interrogate the expertise of the civil servants operating at that interface. I mean no disrespect to anyone, but they are up against remarkably talented negotiators with an entirely legitimate commercial interest, so we have to get that interface right. The simplicity the Secretary of State spoke about is important.
Defence Reform Bill
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Jim Murphy
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Defence Reform Bill.
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