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Armed Forces Bill

Debate on bills on Thursday, 11 February 2016, in the House of Lords, led by Earl Howe. The answering member was Lord West of Spithead.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Grand Committee.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

768 cc2358-2422 

Session

2015-16

Department

Ministry of Defence

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Armed Forces Bill 2015-16. Brought from the Commons.
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Bills
House of Lords
Armed Forces Bill 2015–16: Briefing for Lords Stages
Monday, 25 January 2016
Research briefings
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee twenty-first report.
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2016-0203
Monday, 29 February 2016
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House of Lords

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Proceeding contributions

Earl Howe | 768 cc2359-2363 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. It is a pleasure to be speaking...

Lord West of Spithead | 768 cc2363-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, military justice has come a very long way since the days—as happened to me many years a...


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Lord Thomas of Gresford | 768 cc2365-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to the Bill. I do not propose to follow the c...

Lord Craig of Radley | 768 cc2369-2371 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the main purpose of the Bill has been fully outlined by the Minister. It is well unders...

Bishop of Portsmouth | 768 cc2371-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, by happy coincidence, this debate takes place almost exactly on the anniversary of the ...

Lord Lyell | 768 cc2372-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his very clear exposition of the Bill. I have spent a mere 43 ...

Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 768 cc2373-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the Bill and will ask the Minister to consider one issue that he has not touc...

Baroness Pidding | 768 cc2375-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton. It was only a few ...

Lord Boyce | 768 cc2376-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow on from the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady ...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 768 cc2378-2380 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl on the lucid way in which he introduced this legislation....

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger | 768 cc2380-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I begin by congratulating my noble friend Lady Pidding on her excellent maiden speech. ...

Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 768 cc2383-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, for the last two and a half months I have had the privilege of chairing the Joint Commi...

Lord Empey | 768 cc2384-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure for me to follow the very eloquent maiden speech of the noble Lo...

Lord Shinkwin | 768 cc2386-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I feel privileged to give my maiden speech, in this Second Reading debate on the Armed ...

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 cc2389-2391 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure and privilege to be the first to thank the noble Lord, Lord Shin...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 768 cc2391-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome and support this Bill and I also warmly congratulate my noble friends Lady Pi...

Lord Judd | 768 cc2392-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am genuinely glad to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, as much of what she said ...

Lord Burnett | 768 cc2395-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd, who was a distinguished Nav...

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood | 768 cc2397-2400 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to touch today on two matters: first, briefly, Clause 14, a provision which I pa...

Lord Freeman | 768 c2400 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the three maiden speakers today. They were exemplary. I hav...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 768 cc2400-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comprehensive introduction and declare an interest as an e...

Lord Bilimoria | 768 cc2402-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister started this debate by saying that the Armed Forces Bill would renew the A...

Earl Attlee | 768 cc2405-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his explanation of the Bill and to ou...

Lord Burnett | 768 c2407 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Earl for giving way. The thrust of Sergeant Blackman’s case is that he...

Earl Attlee | 768 cc2407-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that. I was going to say that he is a good man but he has fouled up, and has be...

Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe | 768 cc2408-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I ask the House’s indulgence to say a few words in the gap. As one who has spent all my...

Baroness Jolly | 768 cc2409-2412 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has indeed been a fascinating debate. The range of experience and expertise on all...

Lord Touhig | 768 cc2412-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the House will perhaps understand if I say I have a feeling I have been here before—a s...

Earl Howe | 768 cc2416-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am sure that all noble Lords will agree that we have had a very good debate today wit...

Lord Bilimoria | 768 c2417 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for the very positive response to the points we raised, but the covenant was...

Earl Howe | 768 cc2417-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as I said, and I hope the noble Lord will agree, it is very important that we get this ...

Lord West of Spithead | 768 c2418 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister say something about the firms, one of which, Leigh Day, has, I think, gone thro...

Earl Howe | 768 c2418 (Link to this contribution)

These are matters currently under scrutiny. The firms that the noble Lord mentioned are, I unders...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 768 c2418 (Link to this contribution)

Can the Minister update us on the International Criminal Court preliminary examination? Where are...

Earl Howe | 768 cc2418-2420 (Link to this contribution)

I fear that I cannot. I will need to write to the noble Lord about that and I will be happy to do...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 768 c2420 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Earl will know that murder is under universal jurisdiction. Do I take it that murder ca...

Earl Howe | 768 c2420 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as I said, there is a protocol which lays down pretty clear guidelines as to how indivi...

Lord West of Spithead | 768 c2421 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to intervene. That sounds very good news but I stress again that three to five people ...

Earl Howe | 768 c2421 (Link to this contribution)

That is a very pertinent point to make and the Government are fully aware of the need to make spe...

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 c2421 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for that. My main point was that if the statement is made

Earl Howe | 768 c2422 (Link to this contribution)

I will reflect on that point in the customary way and write to the noble Lord about that suggesti...

Lord Empey | 768 c2422 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am in favour of annual reporting and we pushed that hard last time. I mentioned that ...

Earl Howe | 768 c2422 (Link to this contribution)

I will, of course, take that away as well. I simply say that delivery of the covenant extends to ...

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