Commenting on the Defence Secretary’s Statement to the House of Commons
today on the Defence Training Review, Michael Fabricant says: "While I
am bitterly disappointed that training will be withdrawn from Cosford, I
am reassured that Des Browne has stated that there are no immediate
plans to close the site and that a military presence will remain there
for the time being. We do not know how large that presence will be nor
how many job losses will arise from these changes; I shall be seeking
answers to these questions. I am particularly concerned to ensure that
the Staffordshire Air Ambulance and police training exercises can
continue there. I will be monitoring developments closely over the
coming years."

Photograph shows Michael Fabricant (right) emerging from a fire bomb at
a riot control exercise in Cosford back in 2004 with the Staffordshire
Police.