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  Opposition Day - Defence - Military Covenant - Military Funding
  
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  @MP voted aye to express a belief the military has been underfunded and the Government has failed to honor the Military Covenant.
  @ MP voted no against expressing a belief the military has been underfunded and the Government has failed to honor the Military Covenant.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against expressing a belief the military has been underfunded and the Government has failed to honor the Military Covenant.
  
  The majority of MPs rejected the following motion in this vote:
  
  :That this House
  :''expresses'' its continued support for HM armed forces personnel and their families;
  :''notes'' that over 440 service personnel have been killed on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001;
  :''further notes'' that the armed forces have operated over the original planning assumptions for years;
  :''regrets'' that there has not been a Strategic Defence Review (SDR) since 1998;
  :''believes'' that the 1998 SDR was never fully funded and failed to provide proper equipment for the Iraq war;
  :''recognises'' that the Government failed to plan for post-conflict reconstruction in Iraq;
  :''further recognises'' the cut to the helicopter budget by Â£1.4 billion in 2004;
  :''is concerned'' about the cuts to the frigate and destroyer fleet from the 32 recommended in the 1998 SDR 10 to 23;
  :''is further concerned'' by the failure to provide the Royal Air Force with a modern troop transport and air-to-air refuelling fleet;
  :''believes'' that the Government has presided over a failed procurement process;
  :''further believes'' that the Government has failed properly to fund the armed forces for wartime operations; and
  :''calls on the Government'' to acknowledge its failure to honour the [https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/fulfilling-the-commitments-of-the-armed-forces-covenant/supporting-pages/armed-forces-covenant Military Covenant].
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