§ Lord Fanshawe of Richmondasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Minister for the Armed Forces was correct in stating in correspondence that "the concept of the combined regiments originated from the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals themselves", or whether it originated in the Ministry of Defence.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (The Earl of Arran)On that point I would like to refer the noble Lord to a copy of a letter which my right honourable friend the Minister of Stat for the Armed Forces wrote to the honourable member for Devizes which I am arranging to place in the Library today.