HL Deb 15 June 2004 vol 662 c59WA
Lord Rea

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their most recent estimate of the total cost to the United Kingdom of the military operations in Iraq; and what is the ongoing additional burden on the defence budget of the continued occupation of Southern Iraq. [HL2962]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)

I refer the noble Lord to the Answer which my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence gave in another place on 17 May 2004, (Official Report, Commons, col. 657).