OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS.

HC Deb 01 November 1939 vol 352 cc1961-2W

Colonel Burton

asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to revert the Officers Training Corps contingents to the Army, late Territorial, Cadet Force, from which they were created; and seeing that, in view of the War Cabinet's decision to work on a war basis of three years, it is essential that the Army Cadet Force should be encouraged to the fullest extent and be reorganised into a training force for young men, will he consider raising the minimum age to 16 years and the upper age to that of the lowest group called up under the Compulsory Service Act, and train these recruits upon the lines of the Territorial Army in peace time?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

There is no proposal to revert the Officers Training Corps to the Cadet Force, nor is the present time considered appropriate for changes such as those suggested in the question.