Armed Forces Bill

My Lords, I associate these Benches with the tributes paid by the Minister and the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, I welcome the Armed Forces Bill 2021 and support the principle of strengthening the Arm...

My Lords, I too welcome this Bill. I wish to speak about the service justice system, and in parti...

My Lords, I too want to pay tribute to our Armed Forces. In repaying their service, it is right, ...

My Lords, I echo other noble Lords’ words of support for and admiration for our Armed Forces. I h...

My Lords, the next speaker will take part remotely. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton.

My Lords, I will focus my speech on Clause 8 on the covenant. I support the comments made by the ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the very clear way she introduced this very important Bill. I ...

My Lords, it is now 10 years since the informal military covenant developed by the Army was conve...

My Lords, we all owe a great debt of gratitude to the brave men and women who have served and con...

My Lords, I too thank the Minister and join in the tributes to our Armed Forces. I wish to raise ...

My Lords, I start by declaring a familial interest in that my son, who is 24, is serving in the A...

My Lords, I too welcome the Bill, which, in addition to sustaining the legal basis for our Armed ...

My Lords, I too congratulate our Armed Forces on their conduct in the evacuation from Afghanistan...

My Lords, like other Members I welcome the Bill to the House. I want to briefly focus on two issu...

My Lords, I too welcome the Bill and of course start by declaring my interest as a serving member...

My Lords, I am pleased that additions are to be made to the Armed Forces covenant. I know that th...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, who ...

My Lords, the Minister started the debate by saying that our Armed Forces are the best in the wor...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for explaining the purposes of her Bill. ...

My Lords, in rising to speak to the Armed Forces Bill, I can only contextualise our debate, as so...

My Lords, I join in welcoming the Bill and paying tribute to the Armed Forces, but I do reflect t...

My Lords, I am the last Back-Bench speaker in this important debate and I will confine myself to ...

My Lords, from these Benches as from the Opposition Benches, I support this Bill. As we have alre...

My Lords, this has been an excellent debate, demonstrating not only the wealth of service experie...

My Lords, I begin by quoting my immediate predecessor, the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, who said...