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Armed Forces Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Goldie (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 8 December 2021. It occurred during Debate on bills on Armed Forces Bill.

Yes, but with all respect, I say to the noble Lord that that is not the essence of the issue. The essence is instead how you create a service justice system which can operate across the United Kingdom and ensure that, when discussions take place with the appropriate civilian prosecutors, appropriate decisions are reached on the correct jurisdiction for the case. That might be, within the service justice system, convening in Scotland, but under the noble Lord’s amendment there is clearly a desire to bias the whole service justice system in respect of England and Wales to the civilian system, and I am saying that that introduces a disparity or fracture of the United Kingdom service justice system. That is what the Government find unacceptable.

The noble Lord, Lord Burnett, raised an important point—

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Reference

816 c1922 

Session

2021-22

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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