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HANSARDDraft Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2024. It is a great privilege to serve under your chairmanship today, Mrs…08 May 2024HANSARD DefenceFirst, I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. This has been a typically excellent debate. Across the House I think there is an understanding…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend and, as ever, pay tribute to him for the work he has done in this area. It is the case that when people move around the country, they are…25 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. As he knows very well, consecutive Governments have made it plain that we do not make changes to pensions retrospectively. As…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransI think that getting 500 off the streets is good—it is certainly a start—but one person without a home is one too many, whether they are a civilian or a veteran. The important…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransYes, I very much do so. Our veterans are a wonderful part of our communities and deserve all the support we can give them. I also pay tribute to the Royal British Legion, which is…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the invitation, which I will most gladly take up. I pay tribute to Battle Back, which does a wonderful job, and to him for his work…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransIt is plainly not right that anybody should be without a home, be they a veteran or not. We are doing everything in our power to ensure that people are set up well for civilian…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransI can absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. I pay tribute to him and to our hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton) for all their hard work to improve the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransI am very sorry to hear about the hon. Lady’s constituent. If she would like to write to me with the details, I will be more than happy to take up that case. As I said in my…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransI am glad that the hon. Lady has raised that issue. She will know that we have a defence suicide prevention strategy, which is reviewed regularly. She will also know that,…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSupport for VeteransWith other Government Departments, the Ministry of Defence delivers a range of services to our brilliant veterans and their families. That includes the administration and payment…25 Mar 2024HANSARDRFA Sir GalahadThe Government will do everything we can in the interests of transparency, but I am sure that my hon. Friend appreciates that we, like everybody else, are bound by the Data…25 Mar 2024HANSARDRFA Sir GalahadI will not be drawn on precise times, but it will not be years.25 Mar 2024HANSARDRFA Sir GalahadThe board of inquiry is quite clear about the attribution of blame, and the Welsh Guards were absolutely exonerated, and that is the Government’s position. My position is always…25 Mar 2024HANSARDRFA Sir GalahadI pay tribute to the hon. Lady for the tenacity with which she has pursued this. I have enjoyed our meeting to discuss the matter and also the meetings with the Welsh Guards. It…25 Mar 2024HANSARDRFA Sir GalahadI recognise the substantial public and parliamentary interest in this matter. Consequently, I recently visited the National Archives at Kew to view the RFA Sir Galahad files. As a…25 Mar 2024HANSARDDefence… In November 2019, again ahead of schedule, we reached our further target of establishing 500 cadet units across the United Kingdom.21 Mar 2024HANSARDQuinquennial Review of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme 2022-23: Government ResponseToday, I am pleased to announce the publication of the Government’s response to the quinquennial review of the armed forces compensation scheme 2022-23. The armed forces…21 Mar 2024HANSARDDefence… In November 2019, again ahead of schedule, we reached our further target of establishing 500 new cadet units across the United Kingdom. [Official Report, 18 March 2024, Vol.…21 Mar 2024