Proceeding contribution from James Gray (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 June 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Armed Forces Bill.
Armed Forces Bill
I am a little uneasy about the right hon. Gentleman's proposal about a Minister in the Cabinet Office and about the proposal made by my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Mrs Mensch) about a Department for veterans' affairs. It seems to me that the Secretary of State for Defence, the three services under him and under them the regiments and units to which people are attached are responsible for looking after veterans when they leave the services. To remove that responsibility from them and to give it to somebody else in the Cabinet Office or a separate Department would seem to me to be quite wrong.
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- 529 c688-9
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- 2010-12
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- Conditions of employment Armed forces Defence Annual reports Deployment Advisory services Discharges Coroners Counselling Housing Expenditure Ministerial duties Recruitment Prisoners Public bodies Procurement Military bases Statistics Standards Young people Reserve forces Social services Termination of employment Reorganisation Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency Veterans
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- Armed Forces Bill 2010-12
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