HC Deb 16 January 2001 vol 361 cc144-5W
Mr. Grieve

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on Army overstretch over the past three years. [145901]

Mr. Spellar

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 October 2000,Official Report, column 276W, to the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow). Since that time, the percentage of the Army committed to operations has fallen a further percentage point to 21 per cent.