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| QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER SEARCH AND RESCUE DECISION |
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| Tuesday, 08 February 2011 00:00 |
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Commenting on reports that the privatisation of Search and Rescue services has been shelved SNP Westminster leader and Defence spokesperson Angus Robertson, who has long campaigned against the proposals, said urgent questions still needed to be answered. Mr Robertson sai  d: “There have always been serious questions about privatisation of Search and Rescue services, including the loss of the military training and excellence of our RAF crews who make the fleet so effective. “The abandonment of this process now raises serious questions for the UK government. How much this failed process has cost the taxpayer, and what will now happen to search and rescue services given the road the Ministry of Defence is going down with base closures?” |
