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Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
2nd reading - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) We have air cadets and Army cadets in Shipley and Bingley. - Speech Link
2: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) and cadets to 65 warrants serious scrutiny. - Speech Link
3: Ian Roome (LD - North Devon) attacks, as specified in clause 4, to organise reserves and recall, and to support the next generation - Speech Link
4: Danny Beales (Lab - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Our cadets, reservists, and armed forces personnel and their families are absolutely vital to our national - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) national infrastructure protection, and develop our reserve and cadet forces. - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) They were Scouts, Guides, cadets and Reserve Forces—all of those. - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) forward quickly and urgently. - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) It is an important challenge and an important question put by the noble and gallant Lord. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Korean War: 75th Commemoration - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) He had served in the Army during the Second World War and was called up from the reserves for the Korean - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) My worry today is that we might look at China and Korea and say, “These are far and distant countries - Speech Link
3: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - North Cotswolds) Fifty-six were killed, and 522 were taken prisoner—and many of them had already endured German and Japanese - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) When his national service ended, Ray became a leader of the Sidmouth army cadets, and served as its respected - Speech Link
5: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) He brings, as ever, such knowledge and sincerity to the House, and at times—in the right way and at the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) the West Midland Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association. - Speech Link
2: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) fit for purpose for the cadets and the reserves as we move forward. - Speech Link
3: Chris Vince (LAB - Harlow) Before recess, I was lucky enough to visit Harlow and district air cadets and see the wonderful work - Speech Link
4: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) The cadets are all about social mobility, giving kids opportunity and getting them up and out, and that - Speech Link
5: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) The air cadets are fantastic, the sea cadets are fantastic and the Army cadets are amazing—they are all - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
The Battle of Britain - Tue 02 Sep 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) coast and near neighbouring Dorset and Portland. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Some of them came and died in their battles, but some came and stayed. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Where are your reserves?” The officer said, “We have no reserves, Prime Minister.” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Fri 18 Jul 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Lab - Life peer) on budget.The review proposes a major boost to the reserves and the cadets. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bailey of Paddington (Con - Life peer) I recognise the positive impact that the cadets and the courses they study and undertake have on our - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) through the position of the cadets and, in particular, the commitment to the reserves? - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) cadets there, and that is in every region of the country. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025 - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None entry reserves; specialist reserves; and, of course, the regular reserve. - Speech Link
2: None Royal Marines Reserve it is 23,420 and for the Royal Air Force reserves it is 17,450, according to this - Speech Link
3: None The reserves will play an essential part in that, and we will have to discuss and debate how that is - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) That is something to look at and to try and deal with. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Day - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) , veterans, cadets and, of course, their loved ones—in defending our country and our democratic way of - Speech Link
2: Kirith Entwistle (Lab - Bolton North East) Our cadets provide a good opportunity for our young people, and they should be supported and backed as - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) Lady join me in celebrating groups such as Glastonbury and Street sea cadets, and thank them for all - Speech Link
4: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) I spent many happy years in the air cadets, and I see what value they bring to society and as a pathway - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
National Armaments Director - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - North Cotswolds) want to increase the number of cadets by 30% and, critically, of reservists by 20%. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) zig-zag careers and the spectrum of service, of being appealing to servicemen and servicewomen, and - Speech Link
3: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) and medium-sized enterprises and skilled manufacturers in my constituency, in Fife, and across Scotland - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) high-quality drone and anti-drone tech for Ukraine—which we have done, and I am very proud of that—and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Armed Forces Recruitment: North-east England - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) our cadets—the sea cadets and RAF cadets based in my constituency, and Royal Marine cadets too.Those - Speech Link
2: Lewis Atkinson (Lab - Sunderland Central) I absolutely do, and that applies to both the regular forces and, for example, the cadets and reserves - Speech Link
3: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) Former cadets account for around 40% of officers and 35% of other ranks, and on average those who have - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) and activities in reserves. - Speech Link