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Troops Accommodation

Volume 457: debated on Monday 19 February 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to provide all troops in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan with hardened living accommodation as protection against mortar fire; and if he will make a statement. (111875)

We are continuing to improve the protection of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan against the effects of indirect fire through a range of measures depending on the nature of the threat. For a variety of logistical reasons there are no plans at present to provide all troops in either theatre with the kind of purpose built steel and concrete structures that provide some hardened protection against mortars.