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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 September 2026

Debate

Armed Forces Bill

Contribution

It is my contention that if the Government wish to put the Armed Forces covenant fully into law, as their election manifesto commits them to doing, they must expand their definition of “a national authority” to include all public bodies exercising public functions relating to the matters specified in subsection (5). That is precisely what my Amendments 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11 intend to achieve.

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