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HANSARD Armed Forces BillI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for her comments about my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham. The advantage of having a choice between civil or military jurisdiction…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThis Bill delivers for our armed forces, renews the Armed Forces Act 2006, improves the service justice system and delivers on the Government’s commitment to further enshrine the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention, which brings me to my next point. Sir Richard’s endorsement of the service justice system capability echoes the conclusion of…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point. Given the reports of increased allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment, which have been movingly pointed out through the work of the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillI entirely agree with my hon. Friend. In addition to the formation of the defence serious crimes unit, we are making non-legislative changes and enhancements in procedure so that…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes a good point. That is why we are trying to consolidate experience across all three services and have a much closer working relationship with the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillIn simple terms, there are circumstances —normally involving the welfare of the alleged victim—in which it would be advantageous for a case to be heard in the military context.…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillThe civilian prosecutor always has the final say. It is clear that Lords amendment 2 fails to recognise the purpose of this legislation. The new covenant duty works by requiring…06 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI confirm to the hon. Lady that I will pursue that again today and will get her an answer urgently.25 Nov 2021HANSARDVeterans’ InterestsThe Government are determined to see a gold standard of care and support for our veterans. We are putting more money into bespoke mental health care and the NHS, we are putting…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do agree that the £5 million innovation fund will help us to allow veterans to benefit from cutting-edge technology to assist their recovery. It is also an important part of the…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI share the hon. Member’s sense of urgency and I recognise the importance of this issue. I can tell him that we have commissioned new work to look afresh at how we can urgently…25 Nov 2021HANSARDVeterans’ InterestsI absolutely join my hon. Friend in thanking veterans and the Royal British Legion in Atherton and Leigh for raising £4,000, which is a very significant sum. I know from my…25 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI regret that I do not have time to give way, as I have two minutes. Of course we listen, and my door is always open to Gurkha veterans. I was very pleased to meet the Nepalese…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI am grateful for the shadow Minister’s remarks. I want to begin by putting on the record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) for…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPoppy AppealI am delighted to put on record my thanks to the Poppy Factory, which I have visited: it does magnificent work, and the wreaths it creates are a moving and important part of the…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPoppy AppealI entirely agree with the sentiment expressed by the hon. Lady. We are trying harder than ever before and investing a huge amount of money in Op Courage, which is the bespoke…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPoppy AppealI absolutely join my hon. Friend in thanking Jackie McGinnis and the Keighley branch of the Royal British Legion. They have done terrifically good work. It is indeed an…15 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and Veterans into Logistics. He is right: military service does give people skills for life, and I was very pleased recently to…15 Nov 2021