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Lord Burnett to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any recent reductions in the total number of personnel employed by (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the Army, and (3) the Royal Air Force, have been matched by a corresponding reduction in Government funding provided to that service; and if so, whether any such funding has been reallocated to another branch of the Armed Forces.  HL2787 [I]

Question HL2787: tabled on 1 November 2017 and due for answer by 15 November 2017

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Lord Burnett to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any recent reductions in the total number of personnel employed by (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the Army, and (3) the Royal Air Force, have been matched by a corresponding reduction in Government funding provided to that service; and if so, whether any such funding has been reallocated to another branch of the Armed Forces.  HL2787 [I]
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President, Tavistock Branch, Royal Marines Association
Adviser, Special Boat Service Association

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Lord Burnett
Liberal Democrat
Life peer