§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence what plans there are to widen the membership of the Army Cadet Force to include girls as well as boys.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe Army Cadet Force performs a very valuable role both as a youth service and in encouraging service to the country. Membership has hitherto been confined to boys but I believe that it would both increase the value of the ACF and be in keeping with developments within society to extend the opportunity to girls. With this in mind a pilot scheme will be started to admit girls to eight school detachments of the ACF early in the next academic year and the results will be reviewed after two years.