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Armed Forces Personnel

As well as recognising the personal strains that can be imposed on families and individuals, does the Minister accept that the fact that our Army is ““running hot””, as Sir Richard Dannatt described it some time ago, has a consequence in respect of people's willingness to go on serving, and in particular has an impact on the most important elements of the Army—personnel at the level of sergeant and corporal, who at a particular stage of their development in the Army find that these strains prove intolerable for them and their families?