Proceeding contribution from Bob Ainsworth (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 28 April 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Reserves (Review).
Reserves (Review)
The review was not cost-led, and I have repeatedly told the all-party group that. The review could not and did not seek to protect the reserves entirely from the pressures on the rest of defence. The proposals that came forward from the planning round were not of General Cottam's making, and not of the reserves' making. It would have been wrong to say, "Because we have a strategic review, we're going to ring-fence the reserves, and they will not bear any of the pressure for change within the rest of defence."
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- 2008-09
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- Conditions of employment Armed forces Buildings Deployment Employment Training Reserve forces Reorganisation Territorial Army Military aid Reserve Forces Strategic Review Civil contingency reaction forces Royal Signals
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