Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [HL]

My Lords, we on these Benches welcome the aims of the Bill before us today. There is no doubt tha...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for yesterday’s very helpful briefing session on the Bill and for ...

My Lords, I have very few military credentials I can burnish, in contrast to many noble Lords mak...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill. I do not bring a great deal of experience of the military to the de...

My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Earl the Minister for giving us a comprehensive briefing...

My Lords, I too am most grateful to the noble Earl for the helpful briefing yesterday and for his...

My Lords, there is little not to like about this Bill. It extends to regular armed service men an...

My Lords, this is, indeed, a very short Bill and its purpose seems sound. It is, as the noble Ear...

My Lords, I declare that I have no interests to declare because my commission was retired last Fr...

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I am confident that my noble friend cannot do any such thing. I am also reasonably confident that...

My Lords, I too welcome the intention behind this Bill. As the noble Earl the Minister has explai...

My Lords, thank you for allowing me to join in the debate at this time; I realise that I have onl...

My Lords, like most noble and noble and gallant Lords who have spoken this afternoon, I welcome t...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for introducing the Bill and for the briefing ...

My Lords, to be clear: certain tasks. The Liberal Democrat Front Bench spokesman alluded to my sp...

I thank the noble Earl for that intervention. I will go on. Where it is reasonably practical, I d...

My Lords, as always, and as the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, rightly said, we have had a good de...

Where the Minister responds in writing to Members, I would be grateful if he could copy it electr...

I should be glad to do so.

I am conscious that in the time available I have not responded t...