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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI apologise for the confusion. There was a further amendment: Amendment 15. It deals with Clause 6(6), which is the delegated power provision. That provision is there to ensure…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Massey of Darwen, and all other noble Lords for their contributions to a wide-ranging and—I certainly accept—thought-provoking…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillYes. I listened very carefully to what the noble Baroness said, and I undertake to look at her contribution in detail.09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, this has been perhaps a narrower debate in relation to interesting legal issues but none the less, once again, productive and fertile. I realise that these amendments…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillAgain, I undertake to look carefully at the noble Lord’s remarks.09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI thank the noble Lord for his very candid assessment of both the situation that we seek to address and how the Bill seeks to do so. In my role as Minister for Defence in this…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI thank my noble friend for his contribution. I am not terribly well equipped to deal with the specific aspect of his comment and inquiry in relation to Sri Lanka and the apparent…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, once again, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, and all other contributors to the debate for a fertile discussion. At the risk of sounding repetitive, I shall…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, once again we have all been struck by the quality of the debate, which has penetrated issues that are legitimately at the heart of the Bill. Noble Lords who have raised…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesMy noble friend is absolutely right: the experience of cadets and the activities in which they engage are conducive to good physical and mental health. We ensure that their…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesThe noble Baroness makes a very interesting suggestion, which I will certainly reflect on. Given that the age range for cadets goes up to 18, our principal engagement is with…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesMy Lords, the cadet forces are following the overarching UK Government and, where applicable, devolved Administration rules and guidance on Covid matters. Throughout the pandemic,…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesI thank my noble friend for his support of and interest in the cadet forces. Taking his latter point first, I entirely agree that the proven benefit to young people of being in…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesThe noble Lord will understand that I cannot give a specific timetable, but I can reassure him that there is certainly a desire throughout the United Kingdom, where the cadet…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesI reassure my noble friend that the expansion scheme has been a great success, exceeding time limits for achievement. Obviously, the pandemic has had an impact, not least on our…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesThe noble and gallant Lord is absolutely right. We are very mindful of the significance of the role played by our cadet force adult volunteers, to whom I pay tribute for their…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesI reassure the noble Lord that we shall support them in every way that we can. As he is probably aware, there is a youth and cadets team within the Reserve Forces and cadets…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesAs the noble Baroness understands, the environment of a school is within the jurisdiction of, initially, the head teacher of the school and, secondarily, the Department for…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesI say to my noble friend that we are always anxious to learn. He is quite correct that one of the welcome developments of the expansion programme has been to extend and increase…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCadet ForcesThe noble Lord is aware that the MoD committed to implement the recommendations of the report. It has established a programme team to take forward the review’s recommendations,…01 Mar 2021