HC Deb 22 June 1998 vol 314 cc374-5W
30. Mr. Blunt

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the capacity of the Army to sustain further indefinite operational commitments. [45252]

Dr. Reid

The Army is currently heavily committed in Northern Ireland and Bosnia. Our capacity to sustain further indefinite operational commitments would be subject to the specific circumstances pertaining at the time and the scale of the force envisaged.