Madam Chairman, the minister knows how selective he is being in referring to Lord Robertson. I think we all know how he feels when he is at those ministerial meetings next to countries that are expending 2%, 3%, and 4% of their GDP on defence and we are not pulling our share of the freight.
On the question of the environmental sustainability program I take it from his answer that this is government policy. Could the minister tell us exactly how this program contributes to the operational effectiveness of the armed forces?