Hammond offers reserves concession to stop Tory rebellion Labour is expected to support the amendment. Mr Hammond has warned that Conservative backbenchers risk causing "great damage" to the UK's reserve forces if they backed the amendment. Any delay in bolstering the reserves would leave the Army lopsided and lacking capability as regular jobs continue to be axed. But he will attempt to reassure more than 20 Tory potential rebels by offering a statutory requirement for an annual report to be produced on the reserves, and laid before Parliament. David Cameron told Prime Minister's questions that the reserves plan was "an important programme for the future of the country." He said: "Of course I understand [MPs'] concerns about this, but if we pass the amendment... that would simply stop us investing in our reserves and improving our reserves rather than changing the overall stance. I have noticed that Labour have put out a statement today saying 'we are not calling for the reforms to be reversed, we are not saying the reforms should be shelved'. In that case, if they vote against the Government one can only assume it's naked opportunism. Mr Baron said he was worried about the "viability and cost-effectiveness" of the reserves push. He said: "There are a number of things that are not going right with this plan and the Government have not been able to answer our questions. We have badly missed reserve recruitment targets, we have decline in Territorial Army numbers, costs are rising, there are Herculean assumptions to make the plan work. All we are saying with these amendments is they will stop the implementation of the Government's reservists plans until their viability and cost-effectiveness has been presented to and accepted by Parliament ... Some of the accusations against this amendment have bordered on almost hysteria.