Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Armed Forces – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Tachwedd 1947.
Will the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that no greater mistake can be made than to make young recruits try to run before they can walk, and that, if extensive operational exercises are to take place with those who have been called up for less than a year, all that will happen is that the training of the old regular soldier and other members of the Forces will suffer?