Backbench Business — [4th allotted day] — Strategic Defence and Security Review

Part of Bill Presented — Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Import, Sale or Distribution) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:57 pm on 16 September 2010.

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Photo of Julian Brazier Julian Brazier Conservative, Canterbury 12:57, 16 September 2010

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and for those rousing words. In deciding what future there is and how much defence capability should be put into reserves, two things are crucial. The first is that we recognise how much cheaper they are and the second, equally important, thing is that it depends on the offer to the officers and NCOs. It has to be an attractive, interesting job if we want to get the right quality of leaders.