Proposed defence budget cuts

Title

Proposed defence budget cuts

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:45

Description

Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on proposed defence budget cuts that could see the UK’s long-term state security under pressure and underdeveloped. The Government could face a backbench revolt as the All Party Commons Defence Committee warns against the cuts. Speakers: Chairman of the All Party Commons Defence Committee, Nicholas Bonsor; shadow defence spokesman David Clark; Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Menzies Campbell; Conservative MP, Winston Churchill.

Contributors

Nicholas Bonsor; Paul Rowley; Menzies Campbell; David Clark; Winston Churchill (b. 1940)

Keywords

Budgets; Politics; Armed forces; Cost reduction; Defence; Weapons; State security; Defence policy; National budgets; National defence; Military equipment

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