I agree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the size of the British Army and the need to return to the numbers we have lost over the past few years—the right hon. and gallant Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) referred to that. In Northern Ireland, we are able to recruit above the norm of what we are allocated. The Minister will be aware of that. Does the hon. Gentleman feel that extra numbers of recruits should be set aside for Northern Ireland for full time, but also for the Territorial Army and the reserves?
Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Shannon
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 March 2022.
It occurred during Estimates day on Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22.
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