Recruiting

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 December 1973.

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Photo of Mr Philip Goodhart Mr Philip Goodhart , Beckenham 12:00, 18 December 1973

Although temporary short-time working in industry should improve recruiting figures in the immediate future, may I ask my hon. Friend once again to have talks with his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science about the possibility of allowing senior schoolboys to joint the excellent training establishments run by the Armed Forces? Will he assure the House that the financial retrenchments in the defence budget will not lead to any change in our manpower requirements?

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