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Armed Forces Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 76-EN also published.
Thursday, 16 June 2011
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Lord Rosser | 730 c48-9GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments 20 and 21 relate to the powers of the Service Complaints Commissioner. In her 2010 annual...

Viscount Brookeborough | 730 c40-1GC, (corrigendum) 382 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to support the amendments in general and to support adding more regulations and put...

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Lord Ramsbotham | 730 c35-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 13, but if I had seen them before, I would have spoken also to ...

Lord Ramsbotham | 730 c35GC (Link to this contribution) 13: Clause 2, page 2, line 39, at end insert— ““( ) An armed forces covenant report must state what ...

Lord Craig of Radley | 730 c1GC (Link to this contribution) 1: Clause 2, page 2, line 3, leave out from ““section”” to ““Armed”” in line 4 and insert ““339 of A...

Bishop of Wakefield | 730 c5-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 2, which is in my name and co-sponsored by the noble Lords, Lor...

Lord Ramsbotham | 730 c3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my Amendment 12 is also in the name of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Boyce. It refers s...

Lord Craig of Radley | 730 c1-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at Second Reading I drew attention to the Government’s positioning of this important claus...

Countess of Mar | 730 c3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if I might interrupt, it might help the Committee. There are a large number of amendments ...

Countess of Mar | 730 c1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as ...

Lord Dannatt | 730 c12-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise principally to support Amendment 2, tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop...

Lord Freeman | 730 c11-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak briefly about Amendment 2. First, I pay tribute to the right reverend Prelat...

Lord Kakkar | 730 c8-9GC (Link to this contribution) I speak to Amendment 11 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Patel. The matters I wish to cov...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 730 c9-11GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I say, first, that the Bill is extremely welcome. It is clear that Clause 2 is very well i...

Lord Touhig | 730 c7-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have no doubt that the approach outlined in Amendment 2, spoken to by the right reverend...

Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 730 c4-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to reinforce what has just been said and emphasise the all-party nature of this ame...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as someone from the ranks, as it were, not having been a Defence Minister, I add my voice ...

Lord Lee of Trafford | 730 c4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 9. This is a cross-party amendment and I respectfully point o...

Lord Stirrup | 730 c4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 9, to which my name is appended. As I said at Second Readi...

Lord Judd | 730 c24-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a dilemma. Some colleagues have suggested that I should go back to the beginning an...

Lord Patel | 730 c13GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have my name down to support Amendment 11 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar. Th...

Lord Astor of Hever | 730 c17-22GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this first group of amendments to Clause 2 consists of some 12 items, and deals with many ...

Lord Craig of Radley | 730 c22GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much for that comprehensive Answer. As regards my Amendment 1, I would lik...

Lord Judd | 730 c22GC (Link to this contribution) 6: Clause 2, page 2, line 10, at end insert ““, including minors under the age of 18 years””

Lord Judd | 730 c23-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 8. These amendments have been tabled in the name of my nob...

Lord Judd | 730 c13-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the Minister will take seriously the arguments that have been put forward this...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 730 c14GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish briefly to add a comment to Amendment 11, which is in the names of my noble friends...

Lord Burnett | 730 c14-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope the Committee will forgive me for arriving late for the sitting this afternoon and ...

Lord Rosser | 730 c15-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 4, 5, 16, 18 and 19. Most of the comment on and interest in ...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 730 c48GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord sits down, I would be grateful for his reaction to my point that surely it is ...

Lord Rosser | 730 c48GC (Link to this contribution) 20: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— ““Powers of the Service Complaints Commissioner...

Lord Rosser | 730 c48GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to thank my noble friend Lord Davies of Stamford for his support for the amendment and ...

Lord Astor of Hever | 730 c48GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord makes a very good point. We will certainly look at this.

Lord Tunnicliffe | 730 c51-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to make one or two general points about the approach to the Bill. We have a role as...

Lord Tunnicliffe | 730 c50-1GC (Link to this contribution) 23: Clause 9, page 7, line 36, at end insert— ““( ) The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 is am...

Lord Rosser | 730 c50GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply and for what he has said about the review of the complaints syste...

Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 730 c49-50GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, noble Lords may be aware that the post of the Service Complaints Commissioner was establis...

Lord De Mauley | 730 c52-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of the Bill team, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his very generou...

Lord Tunnicliffe | 730 c43GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise briefly to speak to this group of amendments. The right reverend prelate the Bishop...

Lord Dannatt | 730 c42GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the spirit of not wanting to be guilty of repetition, I want to speak in favour of thes...

Lord Ramsbotham | 730 c45GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister. I am sure that all Members of the Committee respect him when he says...

Lord Astor of Hever | 730 c43-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to start by assuring all noble Lords, noble and gallant Lords and the right reveren...

Lord Empey | 730 c46GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, that ...

Lord Empey | 730 c45GC (Link to this contribution) 14: Clause 2, page 2, line 39, at end insert— ““( ) Where an armed forces covenant report states tha...

Lord Rosser | 730 c46-7GC (Link to this contribution) This amendment deals with Armed Forces advocates, which were raised at Second Reading by my noble fr...

Lord Rosser | 730 c46GC (Link to this contribution) 17: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— ““Armed forces advocates After section 359 of A...

Lord Astor of Hever | 730 c47-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I say at the outset that I regard Armed Forces advocates as an excellent idea. In UK gover...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 730 c47GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble friend Lord Rosser. I will make two points. First, the...

Lord Rosser | 730 c35GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, for her major contribution to the deb...

Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 730 c34-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, inquests are a crucial part of how we now support those who have made the ultimate sacrifi...

Lord Ramsbotham | 730 c34GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will add one thing to what the noble Baroness has said. One of the bodies taking most ac...

Bishop of Wakefield | 730 c41-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, rise to support these two amendments, and indeed the spirit of what the noble Lord...

Lord Stirrup | 730 c40GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak in support of Amendments 14 and 15. I recognise clearly the difficulties t...

Lord Craig of Radley | 730 c39-40GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that the noble Lord, Lord Empey, has covered this topic extremely well so I do not...

Lord Empey | 730 c37-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 14 and 15 in my name and that of the noble and gallant Lord,...

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 730 c26-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to speak to these amendments but this also gives me the opportunity of giving...

Lord Tunnicliffe | 730 c26GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 6, 8 and 22, the latter of which stands in my name and that ...

Lord Rosser | 730 c31GC (Link to this contribution) 7: Clause 2, page 2, line 11, after ““housing”” insert— ““( ) in the operation of inquests;””

Lord Judd | 730 c30-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that it will not embarrass the Minister if I say that in his peroration there was n...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 730 c32-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a very important amendment because of what has happened to the Public Bodies Bill....

Lord Rosser | 730 c31-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the purpose of the amendment is to ensure that included in the issues that should be cover...

Lord De Mauley | 730 c28-30GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before I respond to these amendments, I should declare two interests—one as President of t...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 730 c27-8GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to make a short contribution to this debate and declare an interest as a former member ...

Lord De Mauley | 730 c30GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be very happy to do that.

Lord Tunnicliffe | 730 c30GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble Lord be kind enough to send me and interested Members of the Committee a co...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 730 c54-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know that the hour is late and I am grateful to the Committee for allowing me to move th...

Lord De Mauley | 730 c55-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 24, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, would apply whenever a member of t...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 730 c57-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister for his detailed response to my amendment. I had hoped that the w...

Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 730 c58GC (Link to this contribution) It may be convenient for the Committee to adjourn until Thursday at 2 pm.

Lord Tunnicliffe | 730 c53GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I note what the Minister has said and will read his words with care. I am less than convin...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 730 c53-4GC (Link to this contribution) 24: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause— ““Procedure on arrest for substance abuse, vio...

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Disclosure of information

Conditions of employment

Crime

Alcoholic drinks

Armed forces

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