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  Armed Forces Bill - New Clause 15 - Regional Defence Spending and Employment Statistics
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require the publication of defence spending and estimates of defence related employment by UK region.
  @ MP voted no against a proposal to require the publication of defence spending and estimates of defence related employment by UK region.
  
  
  The majority of MPs rejected a proposal to require the publication of defence spending and estimates of defence related employment by UK region.
  
  MPs were considering the Armed Forces Bill[1]. The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :(1) The Secretary of State for Defence shall publish annual statistics onâ
  
  :(a) defence spending by each Government Office Region byâ
  
  :(i) equipment expenditure;
  
  :(ii) non-equipment expenditure;
  
  :(iii) service personnel costs;
  
  :(iv) civilian personnel costs; and
  
  :(b) defence spending in each local authority area byâ
  
  :(i) equipment expenditure;
  
  :(ii) non-equipment expenditure;
  
  :(iii) service personnel costs;
  
  :(iv) civilian personnel costs.
  
  :(2) The Secretary of State for Defence shall publish annual estimates of national and regional employment dependent on MoD expenditure and defence exports.â.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-12/armedforces.html Parliament's webpage on the Armed Forces Bill (no an Act)]
  
  
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