Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 2 March 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Astor of Hever.

Armed Forces: Redundancy

Lords statement on redundancies in the armed forces.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 725 c1058-67
Session: 2010-12
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1058-9 (Link to this contribution) Statement My Lords, first, I am sure that the whole House will wish to join me in offering sincere c...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 725 c1059-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join the Minister in offering condolences to the families and friends of Private Dean Hu...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1061-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is no new announcement. The department briefed the press at 2 o’clock yesterday but t...; Earl Attlee | 725 c1062 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the House of the benefits of short questions, rather than speeches, so that we ca...; Lord Touhig | 725 c1062 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like other noble Lords, I associate myself with the remark that the Minister has made conc...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1062 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely not, my Lords. We are reshaping our Royal Air Force to be configured for Future Force 202...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1063 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not necessarily meaner than last time. A full plan is in place for the military redu...; Lord Boyce | 725 c1062-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister confirm what I have heard at the coalface among soldiers, sailors and ai...; Lord Selkirk of Douglas | 725 c1063 (Link to this contribution) Will my noble friend clarify the position with regard to those servicemen and servicewomen who have ...; Bishop of Liverpool | 725 c1063 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches associate ourselves with the Minister’s condolences. I take this oppor...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1063 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for his question. I agree with everything that he says ...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1063 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble and gallant Lord for his question. As I said in my earlier answer, there is still ...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1063 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, every case of wounded, injured or sick personnel will be assessed individually. No one wil...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1066 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord and the noble and gallant Lord raise a very important point. I am happy to ...; Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 725 c1066 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given the perennial difficulty of deciding whether fair is better than very fair or vice v...; Lord Soley | 725 c1066 (Link to this contribution) With respect, that is not really satisfactory. Could the Minister, who is very thoughtful on these m...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1067 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for that. This is a very difficult issue. We have st...; Lord Mayhew of Twysden | 725 c1065 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend clear up an additional matter about redundancy? The Statement says: "...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 725 c1064 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the whole House holds the Minister in very high regard. We are all grateful for the attemp...; Lord Stirrup | 725 c1064 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these painful redundancies are an outcome of the strategic defence and security review, wh...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1065 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can assure the noble and gallant Lord that that is the case. As he will remember, during...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1064 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend asks about recruitment, and I have an answer somewhere. The Armed Forces depend upon...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1064 (Link to this contribution) We did. The noble Lord asked how many people were affected. I cannot give him a figure at the Dispat...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1064 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that question. These are very painful cuts. When I became a Minister I di...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1065 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it depends on who comes forward for voluntary redundancy. At this stage, it is too early t...; Earl Ferrers | 725 c1065 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend be kind enough to revisit the answer he gave to the noble and gallant...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1066 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot add anything to my earlier answer. We have looked very carefully at this whole is...; Lord Richard | 725 c1066 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to go on about this issue but when it comes to fairness and meanness, surely there is one...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1066 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot add anything to my earlier answer. We in the department consider that these amoun...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1065 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a question of how one defines ““meaner””. As I tried to say in my answer, we in the ...; Viscount Slim | 725 c1065 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the impression abroad is that the delay in arriving at a good and proper military covenant...; Lord Astor of Hever | 725 c1065-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Viscount said that we give the appearance of wanting to get this lot out of the ...; Lord Laming | 725 c1066 (Link to this contribution) Could we return to the terms of redundancy? I am somewhat confused about the meaning of ““meanness””...; Lord Craig of Radley | 725 c1063 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Urgent Question. This is a very significant reducti...; Lord Lee of Trafford | 725 c1064 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I associate these Benches with the earlier tribute. What effect does my noble friend think...
Subjects: Armed forces Army Air force Redundancy Navy
Contains statistics: Yes
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Armed Forces: Redundancy

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