Armed Forces Bill

I thank my right hon. Friend for his question. I think it is appropriate that I deal with this ma...

I certainly endorse everything that the Minister has said about his own commitment and the commit...

My right hon. Friend is very knowledgeable and learned in this space. The issue is a lot more com...

The Minister is not the problem; the problem is the Northern Ireland Office, as everyone knows. M...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his question, and it is a fair point. However, I would just say ...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I will not give way. I will make progress now.

The service justice system remains a fai...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. May I thank Justice Lyons for his contribution in p...

As I have said, the review was not saying that the service justice system should stop dealing wit...

I am incredibly grateful to the Minister for giving way. I welcome what he says, and we on the La...

We bring out a report every year that attempts to pull together everybody’s different experiences...

Will the Minister give way?

Not at this time.

The legislation does not mandate specific delivery outcomes or advantageo...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way a second time, and I think the whole House agrees wi...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. We carefully considered including such a measu...

Will the Minister give way?

Not at this time.

By cementing the covenant in the minds of the public, we are not lowering...

Before I call the shadow Secretary of State, it will be obvious to anyone who has examined the ca...

I join the Minister in his tribute and thanks to the men and women of our armed forces—those depl...

I am sorry that the Minister did not want to take interventions. He said that the armed forces co...

My right hon. Friend is right, of course. I want to stress, to the extent that I can, the cross-p...

As the right hon. Gentleman knows, the clauses relating to service justice and terms of service w...

I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s interest in this. I think there is potential, as he indicates, for...

I agree with my right hon. Friend, and I suggest that the hon. Member for Bracknell (James Sunder...

My right hon. Friend is right. He mentions teeth, and I will come to that in a moment. Members on...

rose—

If the Minister wants to do so now, I will happily give way.

First, we cannot reject a recommendation that did not exist. That was not the recommendation of t...

That is not an explanation of why; that is an explanation of what, and the protocol is about the ...

It is a pleasure to participate in this important debate. May I join the Minister in paying tribu...

This Bill renews our commitment to our armed forces for another five years. As we signal our cons...

By way of a declaration of interests of sorts, my dad is a military historian, so when I was knee...

I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate as the proud aunt of a serving Royal Marine Comm...

Let me begin, as a former Armed Forces Minister, by expressing my support for the Bill and what i...

Just as when I first took part in Armed Forces Bill debates, in 2016, I am afraid there is a feel...

Order. We need to move on now.

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I pay tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Our armed forces are, without doubt, one of this co...

The story of the selfless actions and incredible bravery of Corporal Sukanaivalu, who was posthum...

As a veteran and an advocate for our armed forces, I am pleased to be able to speak in the debate...

I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

The Government have sa...

It is right to point out that what I am about to share is personally very hard for myself and my ...

I am aware of my hon. Friend’s heart-wrenching story; his father would have been very proud of hi...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. In the next two minutes, the House will be able to h...

My hon. Friend is speaking incredibly movingly about his experience in the Army and as a veteran....

I thank my hon. Friend. I really appreciate everything that is being done, but we have to keep do...

It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson), with ...

The Select Committee on the 2011 Bill considered whether the armed forces covenant should be codi...

Today’s debate provides us with a welcome opportunity to pay tribute to our nation’s armed forces...

Printed at the beginning of every annual report on the armed forces covenant made by the Secretar...

It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), who is al...

It is absolutely right that military personnel should get special recognition for housing, educat...

It is an honour to follow my neighbour, the hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) and to hear h...

We live in an uncertain world, and given this uncertainty, it is vital that we have a strong mili...

I welcome the opportunity to speak in today’s important Armed Forces Bill debate. Currently, over...

Two and a quarter years ago, I attended the armed forces covenant debate in this House and spoke ...

I am pleased to be called in this debate on the Second Reading of the Armed Forces Bill.

I ...

It is an enormous privilege not only to contribute to the debate but to follow the hon. Member fo...

I am very proud to declare my interest in that my partner is currently on overseas deployment wit...

The Armed Forces Bill fulfils the legal responsibility on the MOD to update the Armed Forces Act ...

I thank my good friend for giving way. He was a commanding officer, as I was, and will have sent ...

I thank my good friend for his intervention and agree completely. It is really important that com...

I thank the members of our armed forces for the work that they do.

The Minister for Defence...

I thank the Minister for all his work in introducing this Armed Forces Bill, and also thank him a...

It is probably prudent for me to remind the Chamber that one of my children is a serving officer ...

It gives me great pleasure to take part in this debate, and I want to pay particular tribute to t...

I speak today on behalf of everyone across my constituency who has served in, supported or contri...

It is a pleasure to take part in this debate, just a week after my family welcomed to the world m...

It is an honour to speak in this important armed forces debate. One of the most significant chang...

May I add my thanks to all our armed forces personnel for everything they do and for the sacrific...

The defence of the realm is the first duty of Government, and this Bill provides the legal basis ...

I want to tell the story of my constituent Maurillia Simpson, who has served in the Royal Logisti...

Hull and the East Riding have always been popular recruitment areas for the armed forces, so the ...

Let me declare my own family interests, not least those going back multiple generations: my fathe...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty).