§ Dr. ReidTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his answer of 11 November,Official Report, column 338, to the hon. Member for Bexleyheath (Mr. Townsend), if he will set out the timetable for the merging of the Ulster Defence Regiment with the Royal Irish Rangers.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe planning date for the merger of the UDR and the Royal Irish Rangers continues to be July 1992. The formation of a single general service battalion from the 1st and 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rangers will follow as soon as practicalities permit, but should be complete in 1993.