I thank my right hon. and gallant Friend for that intervention. Of course, the jurisdiction is concurrent, so the choice of where these cases are best heard remains with the civilian prosecutor. I am not saying that we should have an absolute approach to this: my point is that we need to retain concurrency because of the essential expeditionary nature of our work. However, in simple terms, the civilian prosecutor will always have the final say, and it is quite right that that is the case.
Women in the Armed Forces
Proceeding contribution from
Leo Docherty
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 December 2021.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Women in the Armed Forces.
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