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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 March 2025

Debate

Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

Contribution

I want to raise a specific point on which I could not find an answer when I was looking into this amendment, although this may be my own failing. I noticed that one of the groups identified is disabled Armed Forces members. I looked it up and the Armed Forces exemption from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has to be reviewed every five years. The last review that I was able to find was in 2019, so I ask the Minister to write to me on that. Maybe I just have not found it, but it is important that we know what is happening with that process, as it is part of our signing-up to that convention, which is relevant to this amendment.

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