division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [20th Allotted Day] &#8212; Future of the Territorial Army
motion: <p class="" pid="d.349.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d.349.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House expresses its continued support for the role of the Territorial Army (TA); notes that the reserve forces have contributed some 20,000 personnel to operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans since 2002, most of them from the Territorial Army, and that 14 Territorials have died on those operations; deplores the decision made to freeze TA training, contrary to the recommendations of the Cottam Report, of which all seven strategic recommendations were accepted by the Government in April 2009; further notes the adverse impact the decision would have had on the TA's war fighting capability and its ability to respond to natural disasters and other contingencies in the United Kingdom; considers that there will be an enduring threat to TA morale, recruitment and retention as a result of the Government's lack of support; notes the leadership displayed by the Leader of the Opposition in opposing the cuts to the TA; and calls on the Government urgently to take steps to mend the damaged morale of the TA.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="d.353.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from the second 'operations;' to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d.353.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">"welcomes the Government's additional &#163;20 million ring-fenced by the Treasury for Territorial Army training; and further welcomes the Government's policy to ensure that TA members deployed to Afghanistan are fully and properly trained for their role and to ensure that, for all TA members, normal training will take place in the evening and at weekends."</p>
  
  <p pid="d.391.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes"> Question put (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>), That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p pid="d.391.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 213, Noes 293.</p>