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Armed Forces Bill

Proceeding contribution from Julian Lewis (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 December 2021. It occurred during Debate on bills on Armed Forces Bill.

I am glad to be such a cause of pleasure to my hon. and gallant Friend. I am not a lawyer, so this might be entirely irrelevant, but I do not think so: before he leaves this first amendment, could he say whether those serious cases of murder abroad, such as has been reported in relation to an incident in Kenya some years ago—I appreciate that that case may still be live—are affected by this tussle between the upper House and this House on the question of whether such matters should be considered by court martial or civilian court? In other words, where there is a failure of the local police in another country, is it the Government’s case that the court martial system or the civilian legal system is better able to deal with it?

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

705 c816 

Session

2021-22

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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