Armed Forces Bill

Hon. Members are right to recognise the hon. Gentleman’s experience and the usefulness of it. Is he suggesting to the Committee that for the type of crimes outlined in schedule 2, a commanding officer would be able to make a judgment, after a police officer—a service officer or a civilian—had had time to investigate the crime? How would the commanding officer have the time and the means to carry out the sort of investigation that would be needed for some of those crimes?