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| | 1585, 1657-61, 1837-39, 1865, 2241-44 and 2245 |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | In preparing an armed forces covenant report the Secretary of State must have |
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| | | (a) | the unique obligations of, and sacrifices made by, the armed forces; |
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| | | (b) | the principle that it is desirable to remove disadvantages arising for |
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| | | service people from membership, or former membership, of the armed |
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| | | (c) | the principle that special provision for service people may be justified by |
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| | | the effects on such people of membership, or former membership, of the |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2B) | An armed forces covenant report must state whether, in the Secretary of State’s |
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| | | opinion, any effects covered by the report are such that service people or |
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| | | particular descriptions of service people are at a disadvantage as regards the field |
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| | | or fields in question, when compared with other persons or such descriptions of |
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| | | other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. |
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| | | (2C) | Where the Secretary of State’s opinion is that service people or particular |
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| | | descriptions of service people are at a disadvantage as mentioned in subsection |
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| | | (2B), the report must set out the Secretary of State’s response to that.’. |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2D) | As regards effects covered by an armed forces covenant report— |
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| | | (a) | the Secretary of State must consider whether the making of special |
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| | | provision for service people or particular descriptions of service people |
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