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Mr. Marlow
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arguments he considered against the regimental system before deciding to retain it.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
The future of the regimental system was never in doubt: it was the degree of change to the regimental structure that was a factor for consideration in the "Options for Change" exercise.