Call-Out Order to Support Operations in Afghanistan Debate
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Nick Harvey
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Call-Out Order to Support Operations in Afghanistan
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The Minister for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey)
With the expiry of the call-out order made on 11 November 2009, a new order has been made under section 54 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to enable reservists to continue to be called out into service to support operations in Afghanistan. The new order is effective until 10 November 2011. Reservists continue to make a valuable contribution to operations in that country and some 1,280 reservists are currently called out and serving, of whom 530 are deployed in Afghanistan.