Oral Answers to Questions — Army Manpower

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 23 Ebrill 2001.

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Photo of John Spellar John Spellar The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence 12:00, 23 Ebrill 2001

It is heroic to have achieved the current recruitment numbers in the face of the lowest unemployment for 25 years and the 1 million extra jobs owed to excellent management of the economy by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That does not mean that we are complacent. As I said, there are a number of initiatives under way, many of which are bearing fruit. The hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow) should recognise that recruiting in the face of full employment is always more difficult than in the conditions of unemployment that the Conservative Government left us.