Royal Engineers
17. We note that the Royal Engineers are to be reduced
from nine regiments to five. Given both the overstretch on the
Royal Engineers at the time of the last Gulf Warwhere providing
engineer support for just two brigades proved difficult[65]and
the recent questions in the House about aid to the civil power
in disasters, we hope that Ministers will keep a particularly
close eye on the size of our Royal Engineer reserves.
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of Operation Granby, HC 287, para 10 Back
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