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Gurkhas: Females

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on allowing women to join the Gurkhas. (233120)

Following the recommendation of the 2007 review of Gurkha Terms and Conditions of Service, the intention that Nepalese women should, in due course, be recruited into the Brigade of Gurkhas in the Corps unit—Engineers, Signals and Logistics—was announced on 8 March 2007. Since then work has been done to test the recruitment, selection and training processes, and to identify options for the way ahead. This work is due to be considered by the Army Board early next year.