Member

The Bill is right to focus on tackling offences committed in the armed forces. Where offences occur, we must protect the victims, whether within or outside the military. I welcome the Bill’s introduction of new protections for victims of domestic abuse, stalking and sexual harm within the service justice system. Those changes are very necessary, but they do not properly address the question of whether victims have sufficient confidence that a system embedded in a single institution can handle the most serious offences against them with complete independence.