Statement on the reserve forces
29 April 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Lord Tunnicliffe, Government spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence, repeated a ministerial statement on the training of the territorial army and reserved forces on 28 April.
- Lords Hansard: Armed Forces: reserves
- About Parliament: Ministerial statements
- Companion to the Standing Orders in the House of Lords: Statements
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