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HANSARDAfghan Resettlement Scheme Data Incident: UpdateI would like to update the House on the proactive approach the Ministry of Defence has taken for a historical data handling incident affecting 277 individuals that applied to the…04 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI am afraid I have to conclude because of time, but I would be very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss this further. I can reassure him that the Royal Marines have a very…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceThe right hon. Gentleman will know, because I have had a similar conversation in a variety of different formats over recent weeks, that the policy intention of the Northern…02 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, and I agree with him. It is precisely for that reason that the Government are insisting on our amendment and not accepting the…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI thank the right hon. Member for his contribution. Indeed, it is a matter that my colleagues in the Northern Ireland Office follow closely as that is the lead Department with…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceOh, go on then.02 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI thank my hon. Friend for placing on the record the military events in his constituency. It is so important that we recognise the links and ties that so many of our military…02 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillThat is a genuinely fair question. The Bill is drafted in such a way that there is no obligation or requirement for any commissioner who is appointed to resource according to a…02 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI beg to move, That this House insists on Commons amendment 2A, to which the Lords have disagreed, and disagrees with the Lords in Lords amendments 2B and 2C proposed in lieu of…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI beg to move, That the draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 9 June, be approved. The draft order will address the…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI would say to the right hon. Member that his Government left our forces hollowed out and underfunded, left our forces living in appalling accommodation, left a retention and…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI refer the hon. Gentleman to all the debates that I called on the future of the Royal Marines under the last Government, when I was sitting on the Opposition Benches, to make the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and for the work he has been undertaking with my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin). The Armed Forces…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI thank all Members for their contributions to this debate. It was a good one, and I will refer briefly to a number of the issues that have been raised. First, I detect strong…02 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI agree with the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) that we should arm the commissioner with the right tools on day one. That is precisely why I do not want to accept…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI knew he was tempted to go into polar nerdery! I would be happy to speak to the hon. Member about some of those aspects. Clearly, when it comes to the provision of our ships and…02 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI hope that this is not a party political issue, because many of the Members raising concerns about whistleblowing in the other place are doing so because they recognise that…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI think the unity we saw on the Chagos deal is that the Conservatives started a deal and we finished it; they agreed it was the right thing to start negotiations and held 11…02 Jul 2025HANSARD DefenceI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that point, and I agree with what he says. It is precisely the reason that when the Defence Secretary was the shadow Defence Secretary, and…02 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghan Resettlement SchemesFor two decades, more than 150,000 UK armed forces personnel served with great courage and distinction in a bid to bring stability and security to the people of Afghanistan. They…01 Jul 2025