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Proceeding contribution from Johnny Mercer (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 November 2021. It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions.

The hon. Lady can shake her head, but I did actually review the nuclear test programme medical settlement for them, and I improved it.

Nuclear test veterans are a part of this, but no one wants more than me to get away from the narrative that we do not treat veterans particularly well in this country. We are all incredibly proud of them, but this requires action and commitment. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs gave us the opportunity to do that, and I urge the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to do it. I know that he and everyone else on the Front Bench believe in this stuff, but we have to get away from giving money to military charities as though that will make us feel better. We have to develop a professional and profoundly different level of veterans’ care in this country, working with the third sector and others, to make people feel as though things are really changing for veterans in this country. I urge the Chief Secretary to take that forward.

1.50 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
702 c780 
Session
2021-22
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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