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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would love to come and visit my hon. Friend’s constituency to talk through that and reaffirm that the covenant will go into law in the next two to three years. That work is…18 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely, and I congratulate Light Project on its work. Op Fortitude has also referred over 2,000 veterans, and has already put 800 into housing.18 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs an individual who signed up in just the past two weeks to be a reserve, this matter is close to my heart. We are doing a review into reservists over the next couple of weeks,…18 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for hosting that visit. The two key programmes are Op Courage, which has had 30,000 referrals already, and Op Restore, to help veterans with muscular and…18 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his really important question. For the past 14 years, we have kicked the can down the road on housing, and I will take it upon myself to put in place a…18 Nov 2024HANSARDVeterans: Newcastle-under-LymeI would be delighted to accept my hon. Friend’s offer to visit Newcastle-under-Lyme and reopen the tri-service centre. I look forward to meeting veterans in the constituency and…18 Nov 2024HANSARD LGBT Veterans Independent ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Burnley (Oliver Ryan) for initiating this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington (Mr Amos) for lending his…31 Oct 2024HANSARD LGBT Veterans Independent ReviewI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. To link that to what my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven said, I am aware of recent speculation about the…31 Oct 2024HANSARD LGBT Veterans Independent ReviewI absolutely agree. The quicker that we get this done and get due justice delivered, the better. That is absolutely where we want to go. When I joined the Royal Marines in 1999,…31 Oct 2024HANSARD Remembrance and VeteransThere are few fights as valiant as that against the barbaric regime of ISIS. My thoughts go to my hon. Friend’s constituent, and his family and loved ones who were left behind.…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Remembrance and VeteransIt is indeed 360 years since the formation of the Royal Marines and they are still going strong. I will refuse to take advice from the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and…28 Oct 2024HANSARDCouncil of Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations Annual Reports and AccountsI have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of the Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (RFCA) annual reports and accounts 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23,…22 Oct 2024HANSARDService Complaints Ombudsman Annual Report 2023: Formal ResponseI am pleased to place in the Library of the House today the Ministry of Defence’s formal response to the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces’ annual report for 2023…15 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2024I am grateful for the cross-party collaboration on the draft order and for the support that the Committee has given it. Let me provide a bit more detail on some of the points…15 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2024. I am pleased to see you in the Chair, Dame Siobhain. The purpose of the…15 Oct 2024HANSARDService Police Complaints Commissioner Annual Report 2023I am pleased to lay before Parliament today the Service Police Complaints Commissioner’s annual report for 2023 on the service police complaints system. This report is published…15 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn August, medical standards including on ACL injuries were changed. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis, but I would like to discuss it in more detail in person in due…14 Oct 2024HANSARDVeterans: SupportI thank my hon. Friend for an important statement and question, and I thank the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre for all the work it has done in supporting veterans for over…14 Oct 2024HANSARDVeterans: SupportThis is a Government of service that will always stand up for those who serve our country. That is why the Prime Minister focused on the debt we owe our veterans in his first…14 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I mentioned before, Op FORTITUDE is up and running. It is doing exceptionally well, with over 2,000 referrals and 700 veterans finding housing, and we will work to continue…14 Oct 2024