HC Deb 08 March 1999 vol 327 c35W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the benefits of the jungle training exercises in Belize carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [72783]

Mr. Doug Henderson

This exercise, involving a Commando Group of Royal Marines, was intended to maintain and develop their capability to conduct operations in a jungle environment, and is assessed to have succeeded in its aim.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the jungle training exercises in Belize carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [72784]

Mr. Doug Henderson

These exercises are assessed as having succeeded in their aim of developing the jungle warfare capability of the infantry units which participated in them.