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Defence Reform Bill
marshalled
list of Amendments
to be moved
on report
The amendments have been marshalled in accordance with the Order of 18th March 2014, as follows—
| Clauses 21 to 38 Schedule 5 Clauses 39 to 45 Schedule 6 | Clause 46 Schedule 7 Clauses 47 to 51 |
[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]
After Clause 48
LORD ROSSER
LORD TUNNICLIFFE
Insert the following new Clause—
(1) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament on an annual basis a
detailed report on the Army’s fighting power and shall include an
assessment of progress made and any setbacks incurred in implementation
of the Army 2020 plan.
(2) The first of such reports shall be laid before Parliament in January 2015, no
later than 31 January 2015.”
LORD DANNATT
[In substitution for Amemdment 7]
Insert the following new Clause—
The size of the Army Reserve shall be reduced to a maximum of 27,000
trained personnel within an overall trained strength of the integrated
regular and reserve Army of 112,000.”
Clause 50
LORD CRAIG OF RADLEY
LORD LEVENE OF PORTSOKEN
LORD STIRRUP
LORD ROPER
Page 33, line 2, at end insert—
“( ) An order under subsection (1) to commence Part 1 may not be made before
the Secretary of State has published a White Paper and an impact statement
on any proposed Government-owned contractor-operated options
compared with DE&S as modified by the Secretary of State commencing in
2014.”