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Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association External Scrutiny Team Report 2016

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the Reserves and delivery of the Future Reserves 2020 programme compiled by the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association External Scrutiny Team. This is the second report to be published under the statutory obligation imposed by the Defence Reform Act 2014.

I am most grateful for the work of Lt Gen Brims and the other members of the Team. I will take some short time to consider the report’s findings and recommendations and will provide a full response to the Team in due course.