Lord Soames of Fletching
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(12 years, 6 months ago)
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Mr Hammond
It is six months. In the fourth and fifth turns of the handle, we would expect reserves to make up as much as 30% of the deployed force.
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con)
My right hon. Friend has come to the House with hard news for many regiments, which are extended families whose soldiers at all ranks will feel these announcements very strongly indeed, as do we all. Will he confirm that the reserve forces will have a new contract of employment, will be properly equipped for the tasks that they have to undertake and will be fully integrated into the regular Army? Finally, may I assure him, as I am sure he already knows, that the Army will make this work?