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
The position is precisely clear and has been confirmed. I have made it clear that we have made decisions for the future structure of the army that will result in a higher proportion of the Army overall being drawn from Scotland—I imagine that the hon. Gentleman will welcome that. Since then we have published the timetable for the amalgamation of regiments, and it was to that fact that my right hon. Friends were perfectly fairly drawing attention.