The SNP has seized on a top-level warning from service chiefs that scrapping the RAF's Nimrod surveillance aircraft will leave a "massive gap" in national security.
SNP Defence spokesperson and MP for RAF Kinloss, Angus Robertson MP, said the UK Government had a duty to "restore confidence in safety practices" after the 2006 Nimrod disaster.
Progress has been reported in resolving unsettled compensation payments for the families of 14 service personnel killed when RAF Nimrod XV230 exploded in Afghanistan more than three years ago.
The Prime Minister has been pushed to resolve unsettled compensation payments for the families of 14 service personnel killed when RAF Nimrod XV230 exploded in Afghanistan more than three years ago.
The House of Commons is to consider the Coroners and Justice Bill, including amendments that will, for the first time, allow inquests to be held in Scotland for service personnel killed abroad.
Angus Robertson MP has welcomed the announcement by the Ministry of Defence that the Nimrod fleet is being withdrawn from overseas missions following concerns over safety.
Moray MP, and SNP Westminster leader, Angus Robertson MP has welcomed progress today between the Scottish Government and UK Government which will allow Fatal Accident Inquiries into the deaths of Scottish-based service personnel to be held in Scotland.
The Scottish National Party has called for a "major Afghanistan rethink". Having supported the initial United Nations backed intervention; the SNP now says "the time has come to look at all the options before it is too late".
