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Armed Forces Bill

moved Amendment No. 101: Page 68, line 38, leave out ““14”” and insert ““28”” The noble Lord said: This is by way of a probing amendment to see what surveys have been done by the Ministry of Defence to see how easy it is for a case for appeal to be put together by a defendant in the timescale of 14 days, which has been the practice in the past.On the face of it, it seems rather short time under certain circumstances. My suggestion of extending it to 28 days was purely a suggestion. Before we simply accept that the practice of the past is right, we need to know how much work has been done to check that it does work. My Amendment No. 105 in this group seeks to make it clear that time spent in detention counts fully towards the sentence, not just that it counts towards the sentence. I beg to move.