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However, the Executive may be in a hurry to get the thing done. If it cannot impose the limit until it has gone through a whole lot of scrutiny and big debates, it would take longer for it to do its Executive bit.
That is the only sort of answer that it is possible for us to get. It is simply terrible that part of our country is under fire from various NATO member navies and that our Parliament cannot get answers to reasonable questions on the matter.
That is much more valuable to us than giving us money for 300 brand new recruits, because it would take two years for us to get a return from them, given their training.