13. Major Whiteleyasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will take an early opportunity to make a statement as to the part which the Territorial Army is intended to play in the national defence system?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaThe Territorial Army is intended to provide the first line in anti-aircraft and coast defence at home, and further to serve where it may be required at home or abroad, not in drafts but in its own units and formations.