Future Of The Brigade Of Gurkhas

EDM number 921 in 1990-91, proposed by John Wilkinson on 05/06/1991.

That this House believes that the Gurkhas have a unique record of service in the British Army and loyalty to the British Crown, that their qualities of adaptability and devotion to duty will still be required in the defence of Britain's interests in an uncertain world in the future; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to confirm that the Gurkha Brigade will continue to have a worthwhile and viable future in the British Army as previously declared by the Right honourable Member for Ayr, the former Secretary of State for Defence on 22nd May 1989.

This motion has been signed by a total of 131 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.