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Armed Forces Redundancies

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

526 c745 

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Robathan | 526 c745 (Link to this contribution) Today, the Army and the Royal Navy will announce details of their tranche 1 redundancy fields, setti...

Jim Murphy | 526 c745 (Link to this contribution) (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on armed fo...

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David Hamilton | 526 c747-8 (Link to this contribution) May I point out to the Minister that the armed forces do not have any trade union or federation repr...

Rehman Chishti | 526 c750 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that the redundancies apply only to regular and not reserve forces?

Lord Robathan | 526 c747 (Link to this contribution) I know that the right hon. Gentleman played a very honourable part in the last Government explaining...

Lord Robathan | 526 c748-9 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, we announced to the House on 1 March that the redundancy programme would be announced on 4 A...

Lord Robathan | 526 c747 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree with my hon. Friend more. The regular reserve personnel do, indeed, play a very im...

Lord Walney | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister order an official inquiry into the way that our armed forces personnel continue to...

Lord Robathan | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) All 11,000 redundancies are termed compulsory. We are hoping that we will receive volunteers for as ...

Lord Robathan | 526 c747-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: we have a responsibility to make sure our armed forces perso...

Lord Robathan | 526 c749 (Link to this contribution) I have known the hon. Gentleman for a long time and know that he takes a particular interest in thes...

Lord Robathan | 526 c750 (Link to this contribution) I am confident that the review into reserve forces, ““Future Reserves 2020””, will lead to a more ro...

Lord Robathan | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I do agree. Individuals will find that the terms of redundancy are generous and attractive, whi...

Jason McCartney | 526 c749-50 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have no doubt in the ability of our armed forces to fulfil the tasks given ...

Ian Lucas | 526 c750 (Link to this contribution) Is the right hon. Gentleman aware of the UK manufacturing industry's profound disquiet at the contin...

Paul Flynn | 526 c749 (Link to this contribution) Why do two out of three items of vital equipment fail to reach our combat troops on time?

Lord Robathan | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) No.

Nadhim Zahawi | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the strategic defence and security review has factored in ope...

Chris Bryant | 526 c750 (Link to this contribution) In his initial comments, the Minister deplored the fact that these details had been leaked to the me...

Andrew Murrison | 526 c747 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend outline the extent to which the rules on regular reserve liability will af...

Lord Robathan | 526 c750 (Link to this contribution) I find it a strange accusation that I have been briefing the media on redundancies in the armed forc...

James Gray | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) We all very much regret every single compulsory redundancy under this deficit-driven SDSR, but we no...

Jim Cunningham | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister say how many people in the armed forces will be made compulsorily redundant?

Daniel Byles | 526 c748-9 (Link to this contribution) For the sake of clarity, will the Minister confirm that the reductions in manpower announced today a...

Lord Robathan | 526 c745-6 (Link to this contribution) This is no accident. On 1 March, the Secretary of State said in response to a question from the righ...

Lord Robathan | 526 c750 (Link to this contribution) UK defence manufacturing is not my responsibility and I have not discussed it with the Secretary of ...

Lord Robathan | 526 c749-50 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. and gallant Friend because, like him, I have served in the armed forces and I f...

Lord Redwood | 526 c747 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister remind the House how many uniformed armed services personnel will need to leave th...

Lord Robathan | 526 c747 (Link to this contribution) As far as possible, it is being done by means of natural wastage, and indeed by reducing recruiting,...

Bob Ainsworth | 526 c747 (Link to this contribution) The Minister says these cuts will have no impact on either Afghanistan or Libya, but can he confirm ...

Lord Robathan | 526 c748 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question, because he is absolutely right. The National Secu...

Jim Murphy | 526 c745-6 (Link to this contribution) For the third time in just seven weeks, Ministers have had to be summoned to the House of Commons to...

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Staff Redundancy

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