Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 November 1991.
Mr Tom King
The Secretary of State for Defence
12:00,
19 November 1991
As my hon. Friend knows, that was considered carefully by the army when it looked into the best way to approach the reorganisation. I cannot go further. Obviously, the Army has recognised the role of the big regiment, but the role of other regiments with a particularly strong and well-established tradition was recognised and the Army Board also took account of those sensitivities.