Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton and Lord Cryer

Monday 8th July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mark Lancaster]

I thank my hon. Friend for the question. May I also thank him for inviting me to Armed Forces Day in Stirling last weekend? He was a wonderful host.

There has been a project to try to reduce what we call the time of flight. I am delighted to say that that has had good results, with the time of flight now being halved, and we are looking to roll that out across the whole of the recruiting programme.

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

If the future accommodation model is pushed through by the Government, which looks very likely, will the Minister guarantee that no member of the armed forces will be pushed into the private rented sector against their wishes?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton and Lord Cryer

Monday 11th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

Further to an earlier question, can the Minister guarantee that by the end of this Parliament, the strength of the Army will be in excess of 80,000?

[Mark Lancaster]

That is absolutely our ambition, yes.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton and Lord Cryer

Monday 23rd October 2017 Commons Chamber

[John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

On the basis of the Minister’s first answer, can he guarantee that the Army’s strength will not drop below 80,000?

[Mark Lancaster]

We continue to work hard to ensure we have new recruits coming. As I say, the news this year is positive: we have over 8,000 recruits, which is up 20% on last year.