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HANSARDVeterans: Protection from Vexatious ClaimsMy hon. Friend is right to raise investigations, which are a critically important component of the service justice system. It is in the interests of serving personnel that we have…24 May 2021HANSARDVeterans: Protection from Vexatious ClaimsFirst, let me say how grateful I am for the work that my hon. Friend does in supporting veterans, particularly with the all-party parliamentary group on veterans and with other…24 May 2021HANSARDVeterans: Protection from Vexatious ClaimsI am pleased to confirm that that support is available, and it is only right that it should be. Who could resist an invitation to Teesside? I would be delighted to visit the Don…24 May 2021HANSARDFamilies of Armed Forces Personnel: SupportService families are an integral part of the armed forces community. We want people in the armed forces to be able to sustain a family, but also a military career. I am grateful…24 May 2021HANSARDFamilies of Armed Forces Personnel: SupportMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. I am pleased to report that there are now changes to the school admissions code in place that will allow flexibility. This will allow…24 May 2021HANSARDArmed Forces: Transition into EmploymentFamily life is at the heart of service, and service families are an integral part of the defence community. We want flexibility and choice when it comes to the choices that…24 May 2021HANSARDArmed Forces: Transition into EmploymentIn 2019-20, 84% of service leavers were employed within six months of leaving—higher than the UK employment rate of 76%. We support people transitioning out of the armed forces…24 May 2021HANSARDArmed Forces: Transition into EmploymentWhen it comes to local authorities, we will, when the Armed Forces Bill becomes the Armed Forces Act, issue statutory guidance to ensure that no veteran is at disadvantage. I hope…24 May 2021HANSARDArmed Forces: Transition into EmploymentWhen it comes to transition, it starts two years before someone actually leaves the armed forces and lasts for two years after they leave. The support that the MOD provides to…24 May 2021HANSARDArmed Forces: Transition into EmploymentWe support service personnel transitioning out and seeking to start their own businesses and be self-employed through the career transition partnership, which is a hugely…24 May 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s intervention. He is, of course, referring to legacy cases in Northern Ireland. I am confident, as I stated at the Dispatch Box last week,…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI rise to propose Government amendments in lieu of Lords amendments 1S to 1U. I should once again like to thank Lord Robertson for his constructive contributions to debates on…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in their amendment 1R but disagrees with the Lords in their amendments 1S, 1T and 1U.27 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful for the hon. Member’s question. I can reassure him with confidence that we are aiming for a gold standard in welfare provision. It does not require legislation. It…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s question. I am confident that, in the near future, legislation will be brought before the House from the Northern Ireland Office to ensure that…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful for all Members’ contributions. I thank the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) for his constructive tone. I am happy to confirm that I will…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Emergency Services Personnel: Awards for Next of Kinindicated assent.26 Apr 2021HANSARD Emergency Services Personnel: Awards for Next of KinFirst, I put on record my thanks to my right hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) for the tremendous compassion that he has shown and the interest he…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I think he will derive reassurance from the remarks that I am shortly about to make, so I ask him to bear with me.…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.21 Apr 2021