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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2026

Debate

Armed Forces Bill

Contribution

and of placing responsibilities on “a clearer statutory footing”. Those are understandable aims, but none of them requires the abolition of the county-rooted voluntary associations and the severance of the link to the lieutenancy.

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