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Reserves (Review)

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

491 c701-15 

Session

2008-09

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Deposited Paper DEP2009-1247
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Ann Winterton | 491 c715 (Link to this contribution) May I just ask the Minister whether he has ever heard of retraining? If people are in the TA, we sho...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c714 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that it is good practice that individuals or the TA would want t...

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Bob Ainsworth | 491 c715 (Link to this contribution) I have said it before, and I will say it again: where we can keep those individuals who are affected...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 491 c714 (Link to this contribution) I remind the House of my interest, which is in the Register of Members' Interests. The reduction of...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c713 (Link to this contribution) The review team looked at the National Audit Office findings, and there is comment on that. Of cours...

Linda Gilroy | 491 c713 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend mentioned the Defence Estates review. In 2006, the National Audit Office's repo...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c713 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks as though we should not augment the regular forces with the reserve—as thou...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c713 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman might remember that I said to the House that we would reconfigure training so tha...

Julian Brazier | 491 c712 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the Minister for all the review's courteous exchanges with my all-party group on reserve...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c712 (Link to this contribution) The principle espoused in General Cottam's review is that we should have the best person for the job...

Brian Jenkins | 491 c711 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, mainly because the Department accepted all the strategic recommendations, w...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c711 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that my hon. Friend was annoyed by what I said, but the fact is that the units that I was...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c711 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right that funding for equipment is important. People want to be properly equi...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c708 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that question and I am not surprised that he is concerned. The decision t...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c707-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that we cannot manage without the reserves as if we should try to do so— ......

Liam Fox | 491 c704-5 (Link to this contribution) The whole House can and will take pride in the achievements of our reserve forces. We pay tribute to...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 491 c706 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, and may I ask him to pass on my personal thanks and ...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c709 (Link to this contribution) Where individuals are affected by the changes to the Signals Regiment, which I think the right hon. ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 491 c709-10 (Link to this contribution) May I say to my right hon. Friend that this leaves a dark cloud over the TA? We have uncertainty and...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c710 (Link to this contribution) I am sad that my hon. Friend sees a dark cloud. I urge him to read the review where he will see that...

Desmond Swayne | 491 c710 (Link to this contribution) My interest is in the register. Will the Minister reflect on recommendation 50? Although the result...

David Drew | 491 c710 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend accept that before changes are made to the real estate, it is always usefu...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c714 (Link to this contribution) Throughout the review, training plays a central role. Providing training that is better placed geogr...

Mike Penning | 491 c714 (Link to this contribution) The TA, alongside which I had the pleasure of serving as a regular soldier, will regard the statemen...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c714 (Link to this contribution) The review was not cost-led, and I have repeatedly told the all-party group that. The review could n...

Peter Viggers | 491 c713 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister aware that his statement this afternoon was deeply unreassuring? I fear for the futu...

Bernard Jenkin | 491 c713 (Link to this contribution) May I read back to the Minister part of his statement? He said, "People wrongly say that this is abo...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c712 (Link to this contribution) To be frank, I am not sure what impact they will have on medical reservists. I shall come back to my...

Dari Taylor | 491 c712 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and look forward to reading General Cottam's comprehensive review of the str...

David Kidney | 491 c713-4 (Link to this contribution) I echo my right hon. Friend's praise for our remarkable reservists and the employers who support the...

David Hamilton | 491 c711 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the aspirations set out in the statement, but I am concerned that I am no wiser about s...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 491 c711 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that a pull-through from university officer training corps to the TA is extr...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 491 c708 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister forgive me if I say that I found his statement a little thin on detail? I am sure ...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c708-9 (Link to this contribution) Two things more than any other will help us to continue to inspire people to volunteer, both of whic...

Mike Hall | 491 c708 (Link to this contribution) I am very concerned about the announcement made by my right hon. Friend as regards the Crown Gate Te...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c709 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is a supporter of the reserve forces, as he is of the armed forces overall. Our state...

Brian H Donohoe | 491 c709 (Link to this contribution) May I first put on record my appreciation of the work done by the two Territorial Army units in my c...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c701-4 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the report on the strategic rev...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c705-6 (Link to this contribution) It is traditional to thank the hon. Gentleman for his response. He is right about Op Tosca; I am sor...

Nick Harvey | 491 c707 (Link to this contribution) I, too, wish to put on record my respect and admiration for the reserves, who are undoubtedly a valu...

Malcolm Rifkind | 491 c709 (Link to this contribution) The Minister cannot expect the House to be impressed by his suggestion a few moments ago that the re...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c710 (Link to this contribution) This is an important issue. The balance between enabling a career structure for reservist officers a...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c710 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right, but if there is one thing about which I have absolutely no doubt it is that...

Angus Robertson | 491 c710 (Link to this contribution) The Scottish National party pays tribute to our reserves. We welcome the review but, like everyone e...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c712 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite wrong. It will take anything up to 10 years to implement some aspects of the...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c711 (Link to this contribution) I have not read those comments but it sounds like they merit inspection. I think that the hon. Gentl...

Bob Ainsworth | 491 c706-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for that; indeed, he established this review in the first place, so he ...

Subjects

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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