The Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon)
I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the reserves and delivery of the FR20 programme compiled by the Future Reserves 2020 external scrutiny team. This is the first report to be published under the statutory obligation imposed by the Defence Reform Act 2014 and follows the voluntary publication of reports that were commissioned by the Ministry of Defence in 2013 and 2014.
I am most grateful for the work of the team. I will take some short time to consider the report’s findings and recommendations and will provide a full response in due course.
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