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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 9 June 2011

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

1585, 1657-61, 1837-39, 1865, 2241-44, 2245 and 2265-66

 

Committee of the whole House


 

Armed Forces Bill

 

Call out of reserve forces

 

Secretary Liam Fox

 

NC12

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘In section 56 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (call out for certain operations),

 

after subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

Where—

 

(a)    

work is approved in accordance with instructions issued by the

 

Defence Council under the Defence (Armed Forces) Regulations

 

1939 as being urgent work of national importance, and

 

(b)    

the Defence Council have by order under those Regulations

 

authorised members of any forces to be temporarily employed in

 

such work,

 

    

the Secretary of State may make an order authorising the calling out of

 

members of a reserve force for the purposes of carrying out such work.”’.

 

Secretary Liam Fox

 

14

 

Clause  31,  page  29,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Section [Call out of reserve forces] comes into force at the end of the period of

 

two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.’.

 

Secretary Liam Fox

 

15

 

Title,  line  4,  after ‘Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915;’ insert ‘to make

 

provision about the call out of reserve forces;’.


 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Gemma Doyle

 

Mr Kevan Jones

 

16

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  leave out lines 8 to 12 and insert—

 

    

‘The armed forces covenant report shall cover the following fields as they apply

 

to service people—

 

(a)    

education;

 

(b)    

accommodation;

 

(c)    

healthcare;

 

(d)    

mental healthcare;

 

(e)    

pensions and benefits;

 

(f)    

employment and training;

 

(g)    

support for reservists and their employers;

 

(h)    

the running of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme;

 

(i)    

progress on Armed Forces rehabilitation services; and

 

(j)    

such other fields as the External Reference Group may determine.’.

 

Armed forces advocates

 

Gemma Doyle

 

Mr Kevan Jones

 

NC13

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘After section 359 of Armed Forces Act 2006 insert—

 

“359B

  Armed Forces Advocates

 

(1)    

The existing network of Armed Forces Advocates will be extended

 

through the nomination of supporting advocates at regional and local

 

level to ensure that local authorities work together to identify and resolve

 

issues in local policy or the delivery of services that may affect service

 

people.

 

(2)    

In this section “Armed Forces Advocate” means public servant

 

nominated to monitor and resolve policy or legislative issues that arise

 

for service people.”.’.

 

Duties of ombudsmen and covenant commitments

 

Gemma Doyle

 

Mr Kevan Jones

 

NC14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘After section 359 of Armed Forces Act 2006 insert—

 

“359C

  Duties of Ombudsmen and Covenant commitments

 

‘The Parliamentary and Local Government Ombudsmen shall have the

 

duty to investigate complaints from service personnel that a public body

 

or local authority has failed to meet the commitments outlined in the ‘The

 

Armed Forces Covenant’ and ‘The Armed Forces Covenant: Today and

 

Tomorrow’.”.’.


 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Defence statistics

 

Angus Robertson

 

NC15

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State for Defence shall publish annual statistics on—

 

(a)    

defence spending by each Government Office Region by—

 

(i)    

equipment expenditure;

 

(ii)    

non-equipment expenditure;

 

(iii)    

service personnel costs;

 

(iv)    

civilian personnel costs; and

 

(b)    

defence spending in each local authority area by—

 

(i)    

equipment expenditure;

 

(ii)    

non-equipment expenditure;

 

(iii)    

service personnel costs;

 

(iv)    

civilian personnel costs.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State for Defence shall publish annual estimates of national and

 

regional employment dependent on MoD expenditure and defence exports.’.

 

UK defence base closure and realignment commission

 

Angus Robertson

 

NC16

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

An independent “UK Defence Base Closure and Realignment Commission” shall

 

be established.

 

(2)    

The Commission shall be comprised of 12 members reflecting the nations and

 

regions of the United Kingdom.

 

(3)    

The Select Committee on Defence of the House of Commons shall, within a

 

fortnight of the conclusion of a Strategic Defence and Security Review, propose

 

the membership of the Commission, giving due weight to—

 

(a)    

the nations and regions of the United Kingdom;

 

(b)    

military and strategic expertise; and

 

(c)    

experience in assessment of economic impacts.

 

(4)    

The proposed membership shall be subject to approval by resolution of both

 

Houses of Parliament.

 

(5)    

The Commission will convene following the conclusion of a Strategic Defence

 

and Security Review to consider a draft force structure plan submitted by the

 

Secretary of State for Defence, and will arrange for its reports to be laid before

 

Parliament within six months of the conclusion of such a Review.

 

(6)    

The Commission will make recommendations for base closures and realignments

 

following consideration of the force structure plan, the economic effects of a

 

closure or realignment of a military installation and the strategic military presence

 

across the nations and regions of the United Kingdom.

 

(7)    

The Secretary of State shall lay a draft Order in Council to give effect to the

 

recommendations of the Commission which shall be brought into effect only if

 

approved by resolution of both Houses.


 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

(8)    

The Secretary of State shall not give effect to the draft structure plan referred to

 

in subsection (5) until Parliamentary proceedings under subsection (7) are

 

concluded.’.

 


 
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