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| Clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 5 to 10 and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | The External Reference Group must in November of each calendar year prepare |
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| | for the Secretary of State an armed forces covenant report. The Secretary of State |
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| | shall lay the report before Parliament.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 11 and 12 and insert— |
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| | | ‘The armed forces covenant report shall cover the following fields as they apply |
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| | (e) | pensions and benefits; |
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| | (f) | employment and training; |
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| | (g) | support for reservists and their employers; |
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| | (h) | the running of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; |
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| | (i) | progress on armed forces rehabilitation services; and |
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| | (j) | other such fields as the External Reference Group may determine.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The armed forces covenant report must also include analysis of the effects of |
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| | membership, or former membersip, of the reserve forces in such fields as the |
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| | Secretary of State may determine.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 42, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘External |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 44, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | In this section “External Reference Group” shall mean an independently chaired |
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| | body of interested parties, appointed by the Cabinet Office, who represent the |
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| | armed forces, families, veterans and reservists community, to monitor progress |
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| | and hold departments to account in the delivery of government obligations arising |
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| | from the Armed Forces Covenant. The External Reference Group will continue |
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| | to produce a publicly available Annual Report on the Military Covenant.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 44, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The Secretary of State must by Order through Statutory Instrument establish a |
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| | written Military Covenant (henceforth referred to as “the Covenant”) which sets |
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| | out the legal requirement for public bodies to ensure that service people must not |
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| | be disadvantaged by virtue of what they do, and that this will sometimes call for |
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| | special treatment. No Order establishing a Military Covenant shall be made |
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| | unless a draft of the Order, prepared after public consultation, has been laid before |
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| | and approved by a resolution of both Houses of Parliament. An Order to review |
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| | the Covenant would be made every five years and would not be passed unless a |
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| | draft of the Order, prepared after public consultation, has been laid before and |
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| | approved by a resolution of both Houses of Parliament. |
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| | (8) | In this section “public bodies” means— |
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| | (a) | United Kingdom government departments; |
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| | (b) | devolved administrations; |
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| | (c) | local authorities; and |
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| | (d) | National Health Service trusts.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 44, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The existing network of Armed Forces Advocates will be extended through the |
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| | nomination of supporting advocates at regional and local level to ensure that local |
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| | authorities work together to identify and resolve issues in local policy or the |
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| | delivery of services that may affect service people. |
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| | (8) | In this section “Armed Forces Advocate” means a civil servant nominated to |
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| | resolve policy or legislative issues that may affect service people.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 44, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The Parliamentary and Local Government Ombudsman shall have the duty to |
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| | investigate complaints from service personnel that a public body or local |
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| | authority has failed to meet the commitments outlined in the Covenant.’. |
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| | Order of the House [10 January 2011] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Armed Forces Bill: |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Select Committee. |
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| | 2. | The Select Committee shall report the Bill to the House on or before 10 |
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| | Committee of the whole House, consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 3. | On report from the Select Committee the Bill shall be re-committed to a |
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| | Committee of the whole House. |
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| | 4. | Proceedings in Committee of the whole House on re-committal, any |
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| | proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be |
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| | completed at one day’s sitting. |
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| | 5. | Proceedings in Committee of the whole House and any proceedings on |
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| | consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which |
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| | those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 6. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion one hour after the commencement of those |
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| | proceedings or at the moment of interruption on that day, whichever is the |
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| | 7. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings in Committee of the whole House and on consideration and |
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| | 8. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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| | Lords) may be programmed. |
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