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Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 22nd May 2006      

618

 

Armed Forces (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

Nick Harvey

 

Bob Russell

 

Willie Rennie

 

Not called  (y)

 

Line  61,  at end insert ‘and no more than half of the members of the Commission

 

may be serving members of the regular or reserve armed forces and no member

 

of the Commission may be involved in consideration of a complaint if he has

 

military or other connections to the complainant’.

 

Nick Harvey

 

Bob Russell

 

Willie Rennie

 

Not called  (z)

 

Line  62,  leave out ‘Commissioner’ and insert ‘Commission shall be provided

 

with such resources and’.

 

Nick Harvey

 

Bob Russell

 

Willie Rennie

 

Not called  (aa)

 

Line  62,  leave out from ‘as’ to end of line 63 and insert ‘it thinks fit to enable it

 

to carry out its functions’.

 


 

British Armed Forces Federation

 

Nick Harvey

 

Bob Russell

 

Willie Rennie

 

Not called  nc5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

There shall be a British Armed Forces Federation (in this section referred to as

 

“the Federation”).

 

(2)    

Membership of the Federation shall be open to all serving and retired members of

 

Her Majesty’s Armed Regular and Reserve Armed Forces.

 

(3)    

The Federation shall be independent of any body or person outside the Armed

 

Forces, but may employ persons outside the Armed Forces in an administrative

 

or advisory capacity.

 

(4)    

The primary purpose of the Federation shall be to—

 

(a)    

represent the professional and welfare interests of all its members; and

 

(b)    

provide advice and assistance to its members on their legal and

 

professional entitlements.

 

(5)    

Every member of the Federation shall carry out all lawful orders and shall at all

 

times punctually and promptly perform all appointed duties and attend to all

 

matters within the scope of his office.

 

(6)    

A member of the Armed Forces shall not be a member of any trade union.


 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 22nd May 2006      

619

 

Armed Forces (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

(7)    

All members of the Federation shall pay a prescribed subscription to fund its

 

activities.’.

 


 

Prohibition from serving in the armed forces

 

Jim Dobbin

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not called  nc6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

No person shall be permitted to serve in the armed forces who has been convicted

 

of—

 

(a)    

murder,

 

(b)    

manslaughter,

 

(c)    

rape, or

 

(d)    

any act of torture within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c.

 

42).

 

(2)    

Any person serving in the armed forces who has been convicted of any of the

 

offences listed in subsection (1) shall be dismissed forthwith.’.

 


 

Act or omission in execution of law

 

Dr Liam Fox

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Dr Julian Lewis

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not selected  nc7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘A person is not liable to be convicted of a service offence by reason of an act or

 

omission that—

 

(a)    

was in execution of the law; or

 

(b)    

was in obedience to—

 

(i)    

a lawful order; or

 

(ii)    

an unlawful order that the person did not know, and could not

 

reasonably be expected to have known, was unlawful.’.

 



 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 22nd May 2006      

620

 

Armed Forces (Re-Committed) Bill, continued

 
 

Inaccurate certification

 

Dr Liam Fox

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Dr Julian Lewis

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not selected  nc8

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A person subject to service law or a civilian subject to service discipline commits

 

an offence if—

 

(a)    

he gives a certificate, makes or signs a record or makes an entry in a

 

record without having ensured its accuracy; and

 

(b)    

that certificate, record or entry relates to—

 

(i)    

any matter relating to the seaworthiness or fighting efficiency of

 

any of Her Majesty’s ships;

 

(ii)    

any matter relating to the airworthiness or fighting efficiency of

 

any of Her Majesty’s aircraft;

 

(iii)    

an matter relating to the safety or fighting efficiency of any

 

service equipment.

 

(2)    

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable to any punishment

 

mentioned in the Table in section 163, but any sentence of imprisonment imposed

 

in respect of the offence must not exceed two years.’.

 

Bill reported with Amendments

 

Bill Considered

 

Bill read the Third time, and passed.


 
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