Future Reserves 2020 Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Future Reserves 2020

Jane Ellison Excerpts
Thursday 8th November 2012

(12 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jane Ellison Portrait Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con)
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Battersea has the great honour to be the home of the London Regiment of the TA, and many of its members have given very distinguished service in Afghanistan over the period of our combat operations there. They have told me about the high level of integration between regulars and reserves. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is vital that we maintain that as we draw towards the end of these combat operations?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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Yes. Best practice involves a high level of such integration being delivered on operations. I must say that that has probably not been uniformly the case, but it is certainly the model for the future.