Sentence examples for defence estimates from inspiring English sources

Ben Wallace, a Tory whip, suggested that the Tories might also refuse to vote for "defence estimates" proposed by Labour.

After taking his seat, he was deprived of the whip for voting against the defence estimates, but it was restored when Gaitskell died in 1963 and Wilson became leader.

The chief of the defence force, Angus Campbell, told the foreign affairs and defence estimates hearing that it is better practice for the military to be told before the media about factors that influence "force protection measures".

The Tories later seized on claims by Stewart Hosie, the SNP deputy leader, that the Scottish nationalists might not vote for the "defence estimates" – the military budget – proposed by a Labour government if they included funding for Trident.

The Conservatives, determined to highlight the risk of a hung parliament in which a minority Labour administration is dependent on the votes of the Scottish National party, also seized on remarks by Stuart Hosie, the party's Treasury spokesman, that it might block Treasury defence estimates in a bid to prevent cash being spent on a replacement for the Trident nuclear submarine.

But it must be paid for.In this section Fiji's smiling demagogue One victory, more needed Home on a mountain of rubbish The growing cost of war Unlucky Jin A new face of protest in Pakistan ReprintsAfter the Israelis came on the scene, $150m was added to the defence estimates, bringing the total to $880m.

Figures from the ministries of Justice and Defence estimate that about 2,500 veterans are in prison – about 3.5 per cent of the total prison population in England and Wales.

Hillen, M. M. et al. Coastal defence cost estimates: Case study of the Netherlands, New Orleans and Vietnam.

The Servicemembers Legal Defence Network estimates that since the law's introduction, 13,000 gay men and lesbians have been discharged after their sexual orientation was revealed.

"I'm not aware of any single prosecution he has ever conducted, and now he's conducting them all". Why leave a successful career at the criminal bar - where one defence QC estimates he was earning £500,000 a year - for a £145,000 job that will bring few thanks if things go well and brickbats when they go wrong?

The new data set2 has consistent defence spending estimates across countries that in a number of cases date back to 1949.