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NATO and International Security

Proceeding contribution from John Healey (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 19 May 2022. It occurred during Debate on NATO and International Security.

The hon. Gentleman is exactly right. One of the most useful and effective weapons for the Ukrainians has proved to be the British-supplied Next

generation Light Anti-tank Weapon missile, but we rapidly ran out of our UK stocks. We have been very slow in getting fresh production under way, and we have had to raid the stockpiles and the production supplies set for other countries in order to continue to supply, as we must, the military assistance that Ukraine needs. I think that the question of procurement—I will say more about this later—is one of stockpiles, sourcing, and speed. Those three “Ss” are a part of the failures of the present military procurement system, which really does now require deep reform.

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Reference

714 c919 

Session

2022-23

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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