MOD INCOMPETENCE A DERELICTION OF DUTY - HARVEY
August 21, 2009 10:41 AM
Commenting on reports that the MoD was unable to account for over £6bn of hardware, including machine guns, fighting vehicles and body armour, Liberal Democrat Shadow Defence Secretary, Nick Harvey says: "The incompetence of Bob Ainsworth's department is beyond belief. How can it be possible to plan with this kind of black hole in the accounting? One has to wonder whether the MoD is any longer fit for purpose.
"The huge, multi-billion pound value of the mislaid equipment is bad enough. But, worse still, it appears to include kit that is of vital importance to our troops on the front line in Afghanistan. Shortages are bad enough already without Government bungling meaning that fighting vehicles, machine guns and body armour may not be getting to where they are needed.
"The Defence Secretary needs to get a grip. Ineptitude on this scale is bad enough at the best of times, but when it risks endangering the safety of our frontline troops it becomes a dereliction of duty."
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