Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 February 2000.
Sir Sydney Chapman
Conservative, Chipping Barnet
12:00,
21 February 2000
Following the Ministry's recent recruiting initiatives, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that retention remains an increasingly serious problem? Will he confirm that a net figure of about 100 people a month leave the army? How can he say that the Government are addressing and eliminating overstretch? Even at this late stage, will he not review the decision to cut the Territorial Army by 18,000, the reversal of which would be one of the most cost-effective measures he could take?