division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [3rd Allotted Day] &#8212; Defence Reform
motion: <p class="" pid="c.231.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.231.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House recognises the need for defence reform; notes with concern the speed and depth of redundancies and the threat to historic regiments and battalions; supports the armed forces covenant but is anxious about the implications of changes to Service pensions and allowances and the effect of these and other measures on morale; further recognises the necessity of an advanced equipment programme but is worried about capability gaps, notably carrier strike; calls on the Government to end disadvantage and discrimination against the Service community in order to strengthen the covenant; and further calls on the Government to reassess the assumptions on which the Strategic Defence and Security Review was based.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.271.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put accordingly (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase> <i>)</i> <i>, </i>That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.271.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c.271.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 210, Noes 294.</p>