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Missile Defence

• Defence in the World, House of Commons Debate, 8 May 2008, Excerpts on Missile Defence
• Armed Forces: US Missile Defence, House of Lords, Oral Question, 3 Mar 2008 : Column 864
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 10 Jun 2008 : Column 118W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 14 May 2008 : Column 1593W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 14 May 2008 : Column 1580W
• Ballistic Missile Defence System, Written Answers, 28 Apr 2008 : Column 49W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 8 May 2008 : Column 1131W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 21 April 2008: Column 1707W
• RAF Menwith Hill, Written Answers, 21 April 2008: Column 1663W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 3 Apr 2008 : Column 1216W
• Air Force: Military Bases, Written Answers, 2 Apr 2008 : Column 937W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 31 Mar 2008 : Column 513W
• Topical Questions, Foreign & Commonwealth Oral Questions, 25 March 2008, Column 18
• US Ballistic Missile Defence Programme, Written Answers, 25 Mar 2008 : Column 131W
• NATO: Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 10 Mar 2008 : Column 14W
• EC Defence Policy, Written Answers, 6 Mar 2008 : Column 2785W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 6 Mar 2008 : Column 2707W
• Ballistic Missile Defence, Written Answers, 5 Mar 2008 : Column 2553W

Defence in the World, House of Commons Debate, 8 May 2008, Excerpts on Missile Defence

The Secretary of State for Defence (Des Browne):

8 May 2008 : Column 875

In his leadership campaign, the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) promised to drag me to the Dispatch Box—that may be a paraphrase, but I do not think that it does him an injustice—to discuss ballistic missile defence. I have waited and waited, however, but he has done no such thing. Then again, the Liberal Democrats have been promising to do that for the best part of two years now, and the issue has warranted only one or two interventions from them in any debate, so I suppose that a Liberal Democrat promise is made to be broken.