Statement on Afghanistan
19 October 2011 (updated on 19 October 2011)
Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, made a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday 18 October on Afghanistan.
The Secretary of State updated MPs on progress in Afghanistan since the Prime Minister’s statement to the House of Commons on 6 July 2011. Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Jim Murphy, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
Watch and read the statement and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
Further information
Read the statement made by the Prime Minister to the House of Commons in July and find current Parliamentary material on Afghanistan in the Topics section of the Parliament website.
- Commons news: Statement on Afghanistan (6 July 2011)
- Topics: Afghanistan
Oral statements
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