My understanding is that it would cover such people, but I look to the Minister to give us a little more clarification on that point. The key thing is that a person will have to be serving in our armed forces to be covered. It is my understanding that Army reservists are very much a part of our armed forces. I have to say, however, that we would be unlikely to find foreign or Commonwealth citizens serving in our reserve forces. They tend to join the full armed forces, rather than the reserves. It is a full-time vocation and a full-time job, and we want to recognise their hard work and dedication.
Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jonathan Lord
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 13 September 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill.
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