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Armed Forces Bill

Proceeding contribution from Alicia Kearns (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 December 2021. It occurred during Debate on bills on Armed Forces Bill.

This Bill has so much to recommend it, and it is so good. I also want to pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton), who has done incredible work on this. However, I am struggling to understand what extenuating circumstances there might be where a military court would be better placed to opine on rape than a civilian court. In cases of torture, I completely understand this, given the concept of civilians and military individuals understanding how torture might manifest itself, but in cases of rape involving soldier on soldier or man versus woman on the street, I cannot understand what extenuating circumstances would require a different type of court.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
705 c98 
Session
2021-22
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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