Armed Forces Bill
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Bills
House of Lords
Moved by
Baroness Goldie
38: Clause 11, page 22, line 33, leave out “and service poli...
My Lords, I rise to speak to group 7, which comprises government Amendments 38 to 42, 45 to 47, a...
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Will the noble Baroness give way for a moment? She admits that she is not implementing all the re...
I am just checking back to see what I actually read out. I was pointing out that this is roughly ...
May I ask the Minister to be more specific and tell us which of his recommendations in relation t...
The noble Lord will have read the report and he will be in no doubt, I imagine, about both the ex...
My Lords, first, good afternoon, everyone; it is a great privilege to be here again for the secon...
My Lords, we on these Benches are very grateful to Sir Richard Henriques for his report and recom...
My Lords, I support this amendment, but I have a number of questions for my noble friend the Mini...
My Lords, it is a pleasure and privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster. I rise to deal...
My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in...
My Lords, I first thank noble Lords for an interesting and stimulating debate, as ever. I shall e...
I sense that my noble friend might be coming to the end of her remarks. Perhaps I might take her ...
I cannot give my noble friend the certainty of the assurance that he seeks, but I indicated that ...
Perhaps I might draw to the Minister’s attention her amendment, which states in subsection (3)(b)...
I say to the noble Lord—and I do not want to reprise everything that I have said—that we recognis...
May I ask one question? I asked: why does the Bill contain no institutional provisions to protect...
I hear the noble and learned Lord. I think there is an acceptance within the service justice syst...
I am not going to press my amendments and I say to the Minister that that was a very helpful repl...
Moved by
Baroness Goldie
39: Clause 11, page 23, line 26, leave out “and service poli...
Moved by
Baroness Goldie
42: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—
...
Moved by
Baroness Goldie
45: After Schedule 4, insert the following new Schedule—
...Moved by
Baroness Goldie
46: Clause 13, page 26, line 11, leave out “service police f...
Moved by
Lord Dannatt
48: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“Me...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 48 I will speak also to Amendment 66A, both of which stand in my na...
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 48. As we heard from the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, it...
My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-chair of Peers for Gambling Reform. I rise to speak to ...
My Lords, I am very happy to add my support to my noble friend Lord Dannatt’s Amendment 48 regard...
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Houghton. His sharing of h...
My Lords, I will get back to where I was. The problem is real. On the basis, nature, extent and c...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 66A. I will not cover all the ground covered on the overseas ...
My Lords, I support Amendment 48 and will follow what the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, and the noble...
My Lords, I do not think anybody can disagree with the intention of these amendments. Indeed, I a...
My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 48 and to make one comment on Amendment 60. Additional ment...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Viscount and I, too, will want to raise issues in re...
My Lords, I am pleased to support Amendment 60 in the name of the right reverend Prelate the Bish...
My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group on behalf of the Liberal Democrat Benches. I...
My Lords, I support all the amendments in the important group before us. There are clearly many i...
My Lords, I think we all found that a fascinating discussion. I will say later in my remarks that...
My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. We have discussed th...
Moved by
Lord Tunnicliffe
49: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, in moving Amendment 49, I will speak to Amendment 63. I thank the noble and gallant Lor...
My Lords, I support Amendments 49 and 63, but I shall speak to Amendment 63 and concentrate on th...
My Lords, I wish to contribute on Amendment 49. In doing so, I declare my interest as Colonel Com...
My Lords, I rise to ask for some clarification from the Minister. On the first day of Committee I...
My Lords, I support both these amendments in regard to those affected in Hong Kong, about whom th...
My Lords, I support both amendments. I added my name to Amendment 49; it was merely an omission n...
My Lords, I thank your Lordships for their contributions on an issue that might look fairly conta...
I hope the noble Baroness will forgive me for interrupting. I much appreciate her point, but my p...
I referred to locally employed citizens in Afghanistan. It may be that some members of the Afghan...
My Lords, the time is late. I think six Peers have spoken on these amendments and they were entir...
Moved by
Lord Coaker
50: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—
“Rep...
My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 50 in my name, which is in this important group of amendments. ...
My Lords, I can tell my noble friend that I left the Ministry of Defence in October 1999, so I ca...
I would say that my noble friend laid the ground for it.
My serious point is that it has le...
My Lords, I support Amendment 50, and I will also speak to Amendments 57 and 58. It is a real pri...
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, set the scene for this short debate so very effectively by...
My Lords, I rise briefly merely to add the support of the Liberal Democrat Benches to the three a...
My Lords, this may have been a short debate but I do not think that any of us can doubt the passi...
I thank the Minister for her response. Many people hearing it will be reassured not so much by th...