HC Deb 16 April 1946 vol 421 cc413-4W
94. Sir W. Darlinģ

asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the Royal Scots, the Royal Regiment, was not in its historic place at the march past of the Army Cadet Corps on Sunday, 7th April, in Hyde Park, London; and if he will see that in future no alteration will be made in regimental precedence.

Mr. Lawson:

The march past was organised on the basis of county cadet contingents. Within any county contingent cadet units are affiliated to numerous different regiments and corps. An order of march based on regimental affiliations and precedence would therefore have meant breaking up county cadet contingents and would have produced a ragged column consisting of a large number of small parties.