I am listening carefully to what the hon. Gentleman is saying, and I have no problem with it, but it was his own Government when they came into office in 2010 who turned off the pipeline of recruits from the Commonwealth. If he wants to increase the numbers and “fill the books”, as he said, there is an easy option in terms of Commonwealth recruits.
Ministry of Defence
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 February 2018.
It occurred during Estimates day on Ministry of Defence.
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