Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill [HL]

My Lords, we have an amendment in this group. The noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, has made a...

My Lords, I intervene on just a couple of small points. I hope that the Minister will take regard...

My Lords, Amendments 1 and 2 relate to complaints about the treatment of a member of the Armed Fo...

Before the Minister concludes his remarks, let us assume that a complaint has been made and the d...

My Lords, I am saying that the chain of command would want these matters resolved. It is part of ...

May I ask a further question? In the scenarios that the Minister has referred to, if the family o...

The answer to that is no. The noble Lord asked me earlier whether next of kin, families or person...

My Lords, I do not propose to seek the opinion of the House on this but I would welcome further d...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

3: Clause 2, page 2, line 26, at end insert—

“( ) for a se...

My Lords, in Committee I raised the question of the intended role for the ombudsman as regards th...

My Lords, Amendment 3 deals with how the proposed service complaints system will work with regard...

I thank the Minister for his response and for placing on record in Hansard the thrust of the lett...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

4: Clause 2, page 6, line 25, at end insert—

“( ) The Ombu...

We discussed this amendment in Committee. The noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, has also table...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, I am very much concerned as to what the ombudsman thi...

My Lords, I draw attention to a couple of words in Amendment 5— “compelling circumstances”. I did...

My Lords, whether the ombudsman can investigate wider issues was the subject of a good debate in ...

I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I will certainly read Hansard carefully. He mad...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

6: Clause 4, page 12, line 21, after “purpose” ins...

My Lords, first, I declare an interest as a director of London Mutual Credit Union. This amendmen...

My Lords, from these Benches I welcome the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy,...

My Lords, the Minister will have been under the usual pressure to say that this provision is prob...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Kennedy of Southwark and the right reverend Prelate...

My Lords, I feel that I should make a declaration at this stage as I have been a member of a cred...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. I am not entirely pleased with the Governm...