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Armed Forces Covenant

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

528 c25-42 

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Liam Fox | 528 c36 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the individual mentioned by my hon. Friend. Some extraordinarily severe injuries have ...

Marcus Jones | 528 c37 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement from my right hon. Friend. With about 2,800 veterans currently in UK prisons...

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Liam Fox | 528 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) I was not evading the question; I said that it is part of the wider review of reservists. My hon. Fr...

Lord Walney | 528 c36 (Link to this contribution) I am sure it was a slip in the heat of the moment, but in responding to the question from my hon. an...

Liam Fox | 528 c37 (Link to this contribution) It will. It will be settled by bids coming to the Ministry of Defence and any funding project that a...

Liam Fox | 528 c37 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, there is considerable debate about the numbers of the armed forces as a pro...

Sandra Osborne | 528 c37 (Link to this contribution) I am fortunate to have Combat Stress in my constituency. What funding mechanism will be used to dist...

Simon Hughes | 528 c37 (Link to this contribution) Tributes have rightly been given to the Royal British Legion, whose UK headquarters are in my consti...

Richard Drax | 528 c38 (Link to this contribution) As a former soldier, I fully support the military covenant, but does the Secretary of State have any...

Liam Fox | 528 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) We cannot give guarantees on housing because the Government do not make direct provision of housing,...

Daniel Byles | 528 c38 (Link to this contribution) As another former serving soldier, may I, too, warmly welcome the Secretary of State's announcement ...

Liam Fox | 528 c38 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point that is key to this whole debate. As I said earlier, we had ...

Liam Fox | 528 c38 (Link to this contribution) I must tell my hon. Friend that the Prime Minister has made it very clear to all my Cabinet colleagu...

Conor Burns | 528 c38 (Link to this contribution) It is generally accepted that more members of the Falklands campaign committed suicide after that ca...

Lord Beamish | 528 c38 (Link to this contribution) Not true.

Liam Fox | 528 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) Again, I note the ingenuity of Members. The hon. Gentleman has raised two very good points. There a...

David Hamilton | 528 c33 (Link to this contribution) For decades many members of the armed forces have felt betrayed by Governments of all colours, so th...

Liam Fox | 528 c33 (Link to this contribution) I hope that there will be no shortfall in our ability to honour the covenant, but the whole point of...

Stephen Gilbert | 528 c33 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the historic step that the Government are taking today to honour the unique commitment tha...

Liam Fox | 528 c34 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend, who, of course, has considerable experience in this area. First, I woul...

Bob Stewart | 528 c34 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the establishment of the military covenant in law. On 6 December, it will be 29 ...

Paul Flynn | 528 c35 (Link to this contribution) Recalling the second Iraq war and the Helmand incursion, should not the first line of the covenant r...

Liam Fox | 528 c35 (Link to this contribution) Some of those equipment issues from the past have been well rehearsed in the House and the House has...

Liam Fox | 528 c35 (Link to this contribution) I know well the hon. Gentleman's reservations about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and possi...

Kris Hopkins | 528 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and the leadership offered by the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister....

Liam Fox | 528 c34 (Link to this contribution) As I have already said, changes in respect of RPI and CPI apply across the public sector. Many of us...

Bernard Jenkin | 528 c35 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and look forward, with interest, to reading his...

Liam Fox | 528 c35 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, again, makes an important point. Some of the costs will be met directly by the Treas...

Chris Bryant | 528 c36 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State clarify something? The council tax relief increase from 25% to 50% applie...

Liam Fox | 528 c36 (Link to this contribution) As I said, the increase will go to all those who currently get the 25% discount and they will now be...

Liam Fox | 528 c42 (Link to this contribution) Again, that is one of the essential parts of the covenant. It is not just about what government does...

Liam Fox | 528 c42 (Link to this contribution) I understand why my hon. Friend makes the point that he does, but first it will be up to the Governm...

James Morris | 528 c42 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and, in particular, the comments on community-related issues. Does the Secre...

Alun Cairns | 528 c42 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State and his ministerial team should be congratulated, as should the Royal British...

Liam Fox | 528 c40 (Link to this contribution) I refer my hon. Friend to the community covenant grant that I mentioned. I will want to see whether ...

Robert Walter | 528 c40 (Link to this contribution) Many thousands of both serving and retired military personnel and their families in my constituency ...

Liam Fox | 528 c39 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to acknowledge the long-running support that my hon. Friend has given on these matters...

Robert Halfon | 528 c40 (Link to this contribution) In Harlow recently, we had a special service to remember those fallen since the second world war, pa...

Liam Fox | 528 c39 (Link to this contribution) I have a sister who is a doctor and a sister who is a lawyer. My father used to say we had the best ...

Bob Russell | 528 c39 (Link to this contribution) The coalition Government can take pride in the fact that in our first year we have introduced legisl...

Liam Fox | 528 c39 (Link to this contribution) I used those figures myself in opposition, but may I say to my hon. Friend that there is dubiety abo...

Julian Lewis | 528 c39 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to denigrate the legal profession as a whole, but does my right hon. Friend accept tha...

Conor Burns | 528 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) Or may have committed suicide after that campaign than died in active service. Has my right hon. Fri...

Liam Fox | 528 c40 (Link to this contribution) In so far as they have the same rights as anyone else to access public facilities, yes, it will. For...

Mark Reckless | 528 c41 (Link to this contribution) We have an unusually high proportion of veterans in the Medway towns, and one of our concerns is tha...

Liam Fox | 528 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a useful point. We have, of course, been trialling our new website and are look...

Peter Bone | 528 c42 (Link to this contribution) Today has been a great day for parliamentary scrutiny. We had an Armed Forces Bill before Parliament...

Liam Fox | 528 c42 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, we will bring forward Government amendments to put into effect what I hav...

Christopher Pincher | 528 c40-1 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's announcement of the practical measures to give effect to the armed ...

Liam Fox | 528 c41 (Link to this contribution) Indeed I do; that is reflected in the balance we have set out today. There was something of a false ...

Andrew Stephenson | 528 c41 (Link to this contribution) What the Secretary of State has said today will be welcomed by many, particularly those in the Nelso...

Liam Fox | 528 c41 (Link to this contribution) For obvious reasons, I well remember that visit to Pendle. As I have said in response to earlier que...

John Glen | 528 c40 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Will he indicate his willingness to examine how compensa...

Liam Fox | 528 c40 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very interesting point. I will undertake to have some work begun in the Depar...

Bob Ainsworth | 528 c30 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State's congratulations to the Royal British Legion are well deserved, because it w...

Liam Fox | 528 c30 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend raises an important point, which we have grappled with in our approach to the c...

Liam Fox | 528 c30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for asking for clarification on that point, and I can give...

Liam Fox | 528 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) Legality has to be a foregone conclusion in this House if we are to take our appropriate place in th...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 528 c30 (Link to this contribution) I understand my right hon. Friend's attempt to draw a distinction between Government and community o...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 528 c31 (Link to this contribution) I particularly welcome the Secretary of State's announcement about three cycles of IVF for the injur...

Liam Fox | 528 c29 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the welcome—the basic welcome—that the right hon. Gentleman has given. Yes, it is ...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 528 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement, and Professor Strachan on his outstanding work...

Liam Fox | 528 c32 (Link to this contribution) If we are to honour the military covenant fully, it is essential for those who are injured in action...

Julian Brazier | 528 c32 (Link to this contribution) On Thursday we had the homecoming parade of the Argylls—the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th B...

Liam Fox | 528 c32 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I cannot make an announcement on that today, although the hon. Gentleman will know ...

Brian H Donohoe | 528 c32 (Link to this contribution) I have always believed that how people are treated is very important, but that how our armed forces ...

Liam Fox | 528 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) When the hon. Gentleman reads the documents, he will see that there is ample mention of it. This inv...

Angus Robertson | 528 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is aware of the interest in veterans' affairs taken by my right hon. Friend t...

Liam Fox | 528 c31 (Link to this contribution) May I take this opportunity—I hope on behalf of the whole House—to thank my hon. Friend and congratu...

Liam Fox | 528 c31 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes two valuable points. As regards the first, on IVF, it is bad enough that we ofte...

Andrew Murrison | 528 c31 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on making his statement and on its contents, and Professor Hew S...

Jim Murphy | 528 c27-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, and for my advance sight of it. I would also like ...

Liam Fox | 528 c25-7 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the armed forces covenant. The Gov...

Claire O'Neill | 528 c36 (Link to this contribution) Many of the details of the covenant will be warmly welcomed in my constituency, which is home to mor...

Nick Smith | 528 c34 (Link to this contribution) Armed forces pensioners are disappointed that the Government have introduced CPI instead of RPI in r...

Subjects

Conditions of employment Armed forces Annual reports Council tax Housing Finance IVF Schools Tax allowances Social services Prosthetics Armed forces compensation scheme Military Covenant Task Force Armed forces covenant Veterans

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