Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of (i) conscription and (ii) civilian training for the purposes of increasing the size of the reserve force.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 February 2024 to Question 14972 to the hon. Member for Bolton North East (Mark Logan).