The Army Cadet Force
Army cadet units could be used to help
tackle social issues affecting teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds,
including teenage pregnancy, an education minister has said.
Lord Nash, a 65-year-old banker, private equity
manager and venture capitalist, said the rigor of attending regular army-style
training and camps could deter girls who might otherwise “form
unsuitable relationships” from doing so.
Speaking to the House of Lords, the
Oxford-educated peer said that while the army cadets could provide benefits to
youths from all manner of backgrounds, he stressed that girls from
single-mother families in particular suffered from a lack of male role models.
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