"No changes are planned"
It's probably just a holding line, but I see that the Defence Minister Derek Twigg has told the Tory spokesman Owen Patterson that the MoD still intends to hold on to the proceeds from the sale of any redundant military sites here. Mr Patterson wanted to know whether, following talks with the DUP and Sinn Fein, any changes would be made to the financial arrangements regarding the sale of bases like the Lisanelly barracks at Omagh. But in a written answer, Mr Twigg assures him that "no changes are planned. All receipts from the disposal of military sites in Northern Ireland are expected to be retained by the Ministry of Defence and re-invested by the Department in our key priorities." I shall check back in 42 days time to see if the policy remains unchanged.
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