HC Deb 07 April 1981 vol 2 c251W
Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether ex-Forces administration personnel have been instructed by letter to stand by for mobilisation; and whether this is for the purpose of Army intervention in the current Civil Service dispute.

Mr. Goodhart

No such instructions have been issued to ex-Service men, and there is no intention of using members of the reserve forces to substitute for civil servants during the current Civil Service dispute.