Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 10 October 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will base Welsh regiments in Wales when they are not on active service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will conduct a consultation with Welsh regiments about basing them in Wales when they are not on active service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits to the Welsh economy of basing Welsh regiments in Wales when those regiments are not on active service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of potential locations in Wales that could be used to base Welsh regiments when those regiments are not on active service.
There is no plan to base in Wales those regiments traditionally recruited from it or to conduct a consultation. Consistent with the Better Defence Estate Strategy announced in November 2016, the role, command and training requirements of these regiments mean that they are better located elsewhere to deliver the best possible Defence capability.
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