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Military Manoeuvres

Volume 186: debated on Monday 18 February 1991

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Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what definition of the term military manoeuvre is used when considering the applicability of the Manoeuvres Act 1958 to military exercises.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

[holding answer Monday 11 February 1991]: There is no statutory definition of the term "military manoeuvre", but in common service usage the term would be used to describe the strategic or tactical movement of a military force.

Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions during the last 10 years when a Manoeuvres Commission has been appointed under the provisions of the Manoeuvres Act 1958.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

[holding answer Monday 11 February 1991]: On no occasion in the last 10 years has a manoeuvres commission been appointed under the provisions of the Manoeuvres Act 1958.