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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 membership, 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 definition of the word “covenant”, used in Clause 2, line 6 of the Armed |
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| | Forces Bill. The definition would set out the principles against which the annual |
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| | armed forces covenant report would be judged. No Order establishing the |
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| | definition of the term “covenant” shall be made unless a draft of the Order, |
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| | prepared after public consultation, has been laid before and approved by a |
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| | resolution of both Houses of Parliament. An Order to review the definition of the |
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| | term “covenant” would be made every five years and would not be passed unless |
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| | a 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) | local authorities; and |
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| | (c) | 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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| Clause 24, page 27, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | consult with stakeholders responsible for the enforcement of such bye- |
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| | laws, including the Ministry of Defence Police.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall institute a Veterans’ Identification Card to assist |
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| | former members of the armed forces in obtaining the access to public services to |
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| | which they are entitled, including priority treatment on the National Health |
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| | Service and other services which may become available to them from other |
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| | (2) | In this section “veteran” is taken to mean former members of any of Her |
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| | Majesty’s Forces who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In section 328 (Enlistment) the words “without the consent of prescribed persons” |
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| | (3) | In section 329 (Terms and conditions of enlistment and service), after |
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| | subparagraph 2(c) there is inserted— |
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| | “(ca) | enabling a person under the age of 18 to end his service with a |
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| | regular force by giving not less than 14 days’ notice in writing to |
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| | (cb) | requiring that a person who was under the age of 18 at the time |
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| | of enlistment and who on attaining that age wishes to continue |
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| | his service with a regular force shall be required to enlist in the |
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| | manner and form to be prescribed by such regulations;”. |
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| | (4) | After section 329 (Terms and conditions of enlistment and service) there is |
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| | “329A | Report on military service by minors |
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| | The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament annually a report |
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| | showing the numbers of persons who have been— |
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| | (a) | recruited under the age of 18; and |
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| | (b) | retained on reaching the age of 18 |
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| | for each of the regular forces during the preceding 12 months.”.’. |
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| | Closure or realignment of Armed Forces bases |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Prior to commencing a programme of closure or realignment of Armed Forces |
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| | bases the Secretary of State must— |
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| | (a) | prepare a base closure report; |
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| | (b) | lay a copy of the report before Parliament. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may not proceed with any realignment or closure of armed |
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| | forces bases without the approval of both Houses of Parliament. |
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| | (3) | In this section a “base closure report” is the recommendation of the Ministry of |
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| | Defence for the future Armed Forces basing requirements of the United Kingdom |
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| | and British overseas territories including the criteria used when reaching its |
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| | recommendations and the priority given to each criterion. |
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| | (4) | In this section an “Armed Forces base” is a base or series of installations |
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| | consisting of facilities necessary for the support of the British Army, Royal Navy |
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| | or Royal Air Force including security, communications, utilities, plants and |
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| | systems, or property for which the Armed Forces have responsibility. |
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| | (5) | In this section “realignment” means any action that alters the function of a base |
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| | or any action for the purpose of transitioning the base to serve another branch of |
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| Title, line 2, after ‘Police’, insert ‘to provide for parliamentary control of proposals to |
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| close or realign bases for the armed forces.’. |
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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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