192 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence if he intends to introduce paragraph 11.5.22 of the Gleeson recommendations of 19 July 1991, to deal with the redress of wrongs.

193 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence if he considers it to be totally demoralising and insulting to members of the Defence Forces that an application made for redress of wrongs submitted took over 12 months for a reply to issue from his office and was then rejected with a cryptic statement without any explanation; and if he considers that this length of time is a clear breach of DFR7 paragraph 2A (5).

I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together.

Defence Force Regulations A.7 makes the following provisions in regard to the examination of complaints by members of the Defence Forces:—

Complaints by officers and men — transmission of.

11A. (1) A commanding officer who receives a complaint from an officer addressed to the Minister shall acknowledge its receipt in writing and shall forward it, through the normal military channels, to the Adjutant-General who shall transmit it to the Minister.