§ Mr. Crawshawasked the Minister of State for Defence what provision is being made for the accommodation of the uncommitted reserve of 10,000 proposed for the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThe additional centres to be used will be selected from the 150 former TAVR III Centres, which were retained for use in a possible future expansion, and from those former Territorial Army centres which I withdrew from disposal in July of this year.
§ Mr. Crawshawasked the Minister of State for Defence what discussions he 187W has had with the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve Associations to plan the recruitment of the uncommitted reserve of 10,000 as outlined in the Supplementary Statement on Defence Policy.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourA meeting was held on 5th November and the proposals discussed at this meeting are now being considered further in conjunction with the Territorial, Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations.