Member

As an independent office, it will be for the Armed Forces commissioner to determine with whom they wish to engage in fulfilling their duties. While the commissioner’s remit does not include veterans, I fully expect—and this goes to the heart of the amendment that was moved—that veterans’ commissioners and others within the wider Armed Forces community will be among those with whom the new commissioner wishes to engage. I hope that gives the noble Lord some reassurance that we would expect the Armed Forces commissioner to interact with the various veterans’ commissioners, as appropriate.