Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [Lords]

New clause 1 would ensure that the armed forces personnel numbers and diversity statistics are as...

I wholeheartedly agree with the approach that my hon. Friend is setting out, and with the new cla...

I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend that it is essential to have transparency and clarity ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the reason why the female intake is so important is that we have a...

My hon. Friend is absolutely correct, and I wholeheartedly agree with him.

This highlights ...

On the subject of diversity, particularly the number of BAME and African personnel in the Army an...

My hon. Friend highlights my point that we do need absolute clarity and transparency in the figur...

The Scottish National party welcomes the measures in the Bill that aim to address some of the iss...

May I say how wonderful it is to see you back in your place, Mr Deputy Speaker?

I speak in ...

May I say at the outset that I fully support the thrust of the Bill? It is before us for the very...

Hear, hear!

You are very good to me.

As the hon. Member for Glasgow North West said, it is a moving sit...

I support new clause 1, which would allow us to examine how those delivering the recruitment cont...

It is great to see you back, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the hon. Gentleman —my friend—for his spe...

I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. I am too much of a traditionalist to call him an ...

As I said in Committee, I broadly welcome the proposals. At the top of the armed forces and obvio...

It is a pleasure to be in the Chamber for the Report stage of the Armed Forces (Flexible Working)...

I apologise that I was not here at the crack of the Minister’s speech. As he and other hon. Membe...

My hon. Friend, if I may call him that, makes an important point. I had the opportunity to visit ...

The publication of that information is obviously a welcome step. The Minister says that the repor...

If I may, I will come to how we recognise and acknowledge the impact of the Bill, which I think w...

The Minister is rightly dwelling on how these measures could help with recruitment in other areas...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, which I will perhaps touch on in more detail on Third Re...

Let me ask a clear question: what is the resistance to producing these statistics? The Minister t...

It is a straightforward question, and I did tell the hon. Gentleman that I would get to it shortl...

That is complete and utter nonsense. I accept that the numbers might be smaller as the system get...

I fear that unless I say something to win the hon. Gentleman over, we might go around this merry-...

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Before the hon. Gentleman intervenes again, let me say that as the system grows and develops, I w...

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I welcome the hon. Gentleman to the Chamber.

I remember the Minister bringing the Second Reading debate to a conclusion 40 minutes early. I ju...

If the hon. Gentleman had been here at the start of the debate, he would have heard me say that a...

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I give way to the hon. Gentleman for a fourth time.

If after one year the Minister gets a parliamentary question or an FOI request on this, how will ...

If the hon. Gentleman asks the parliamentary question or makes the FOI request, I will respond.