Mark Francois pays tribute to Ben Wallace as ‘one of the best defence secretaries we ever had’

During Ben Wallace’s ministerial statement today on the defence command paper refresh, Conservative MP Mark Francois paid tribute to the secretary of state as “one of the best defence secretaries we have ever had”.

He said, in full: “For the record, we are about to lose one of the best defence secretaries we have ever had. He will be sorely missed in this House and in the Department”.