Armed Forces Bill

My Lords, I shall say something about the Scottish system of justice. If one is talking about con...

My Lords, I worked out before this evening that Amendments 1 and 2 were, in fact, Amendment 3 in ...

My Lords, I remind the House that I am still a commissioned officer in the reserves, although I a...

My Lords, I am still on the active list. I have been for 50 years now, and will remain on it unti...

My Lords, as so often, noble Lords have taken a great interest in the operation of the courts mar...

Before the Minister sits down, he has indicated that the Government are going to conduct a review...

The noble Lord makes a very important point. This is certainly one of the factors that will need ...

My Lords, on that point, I gave a whole series of instances in Committee, which I have not repeat...

Moved by

Earl Howe

3: Clause 10, page 11, line 16, at end insert “(but this is subjec...

My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 4 in my name. These amendments deal with a matter raise...

My Lords, discharging our responsibility as the Opposition, I have carefully read the Minister’s ...

Moved by

Earl Howe

4: Clause 11, page 12, line 23, at end insert “(but this is subjec...

Moved by

Lord Touhig

5: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Remo...

My Lords, this amendment would remove a commanding officer’s discretion to investigate allegation...

My Lords, in Committee I was happy to support the noble Lords on what is now Amendment 5 and the ...

My Lords, I support both these amendments. I have huge admiration for the noble Viscount, Lord Sl...

My Lords, I have been listening with great interest to this debate and been persuaded by what has...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, just mentioned Deepcut. I urge anyone who has the slight...

Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 lists the offences that a commanding officer is required ...

My Lords, I fully understand the concerns that lie behind these amendments but I hope that my res...

My Lords, we have had a short but very good debate, with some very well-founded comments. The com...

Moved by

Lord Judd

7: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Enlist...

My Lords, at the outset I declare an interest: I had a short service commission in the RAF and la...

My Lords, I should perhaps declare an interest, as I have quite recently acquired two grandchildr...

My Lords, I apologise for speaking at this late stage of the proceedings on the Bill but I have b...

I support the amendments. As the noble Baroness has just said, what is there not to like?

C...

I support the recruitment of people under the age of 18 into the Armed Forces. It provides a fabu...

My Lords, I have a certain sympathy for the amendment of my noble friend Lord Judd but I feel tha...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 7 and 8. Whether we like it or not, this is a fundamental d...

My Lords, I welcome the continued interest of the noble Lord, Lord Judd, in the recruitment of un...

My Lords, of course I thank the Minister for his very full reply. I listened to his admonishments...

My Lords, I am not intimately familiar with the recruiting process for minors but my recollection...

My Lords, my point is that the Minister supported his particular concern by stressing that it was...

Moved by

Lord Touhig

9: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

“Spec...

My Lords, Amendments 9 and 10, covering the special provisions for sufferers of mental health con...

My Lords, these two amendments had a slightly chequered path to the Marshalled List. The noble Lo...

My Lords, I do not have any strong views on the merits of Amendments 9 and 10. However, I am extr...

My Lords, both these amendments seek to address provision for the care and support of members of ...

My Lords, this has been a short but very useful debate and I thank the Minister for his response....

Moved by

Lord Thomas of Gresford

11: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, the courts of this country have long had extra-territorial jurisdiction to try in this ...

Will the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, clarify one thing? I am a member of the Secondary Legislation S...

When British service personnel operate abroad and are stationed abroad, there is an agreement mad...

Amendments 11 and 12 were Amendments 15 and 16 in Committee. I have reread the debate and do not ...

My Lords, I am relaxed about these amendments but I expect that my noble friend the Minister will...

We are not in Committee.

The Minister has not spoken yet. To tease the noble Lord slightly, with the benefit of hindsight,...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to restate the Government’s position on the further changes t...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his detailed and considered reply, and indeed fo...

Moved by

Baroness Smith of Newnham

13: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, in Grand Committee I welcomed a probing amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hodgso...

My Lords, with these issues, it is always difficult to measure casualties. That is not necessaril...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, kindly said, I tabled a similar, rather less focused...

My Lords, I will be very brief. When we considered an amendment very similar to this in Committee...

My Lords, I begin by offering my apologies to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham. If I hav...

Before the Minister sits down, he said that we have not caused any civilian casualties in Iraq. I...

My noble friend is right. I am referring to Operation Shader.

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his very thorough response, and in particular fo...