The defence secretary said the Snatch Land Rovers had been "a good and popular option earlier in the campaign" as they were mobile, a good all rounder and the "right profile" to help British troops work with local Iraqis.
"They can find it very hard to get through the front doors of the adoption agency, and they may be turned back a number of times - they may be told that they're not the rightprofile for the children in care, " he said.
