Proceeding contribution from Malcolm Rifkind (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on Defence in the UK.
Defence in the UK
The Minister will be aware that it was originally announced that the conclusion of the current review of the reserve forces would be announced about six months ago. Will he share with the House why it has taken so much longer to conclude the review? I hope he will be able to say that part of the reason is that the terms of reference do not preclude those carrying out the review from examining the gross misuse of the reserves over the past few years, as the current Government have sought to use them to make up for the very serious lack in regular forces during that period.
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- 490 c479-80
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- 2008-09
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Armed forces Defence Army Armed conflict Deployment Casualties Air force Defence equipment Finance Iraq National security Nuclear weapons Protective clothing Navy Rehabilitation Terrorism Security Afghanistan
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