APPENDIX 2
DECLARATIONS OF
[MEMBERS'] INTERESTS
1 February 2011: declaration
of Members' interests
JONES, Kevan (North Durham)
Nil
OSBORNE, Sandra (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Nil
PINCHER, Chris (Tamworth)
Nil
RUSSELL, Bob (Colchester)
Nil
Thursday 3 February 2011
MORNING SESSION
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
| Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
| | Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
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Future Programme
The Committee considered this matter.
The Armed Forces Bill
Mr Gavin Barlow, Director Service Personnel Policy, Mr Gary Lewitt,
Head Service Personnel Policy, Service Conditions and Welfare,
Mr Humphrey Morrison, Head of Legislation, Central Legal Services,
Commodore Andrew Jameson, Director Naval Legal Services (Navy),
Brigadier Mike Griffiths, Director Personal Services (Army), and
Air Commodore Ross Paterson, Assistant Chief of Staff Services
Personnel Policy (RAF), Ministry of Defence; Mr Gavin Barlow,
Director Service Personnel Policy, Simon Lowe, Head Service Personnel
Policy, Armed Forces Covenant team, Mr Gary Lewitt, Head Service
Personnel Policy, Service Conditions and Welfare, Jeff Garrett,
Head Service Personnel Policy, Pensions Compensations and Veterans,
Air Commodore Charlie Wilcock, Head of Medical Strategy and Policy
for Defence Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Thursday 3 February at 2.00 pm
Thursday 3 February 2011
AFTERNOON SESSION
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
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Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
| | Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
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Future Programme
The Committee considered this matter.
The Armed Forces Bill
Dr Susan Atkins, Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed
Forces and Mr Darren Beck, Head of Office, Office of the Service
Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 February at 10.00 am
Monday 7 February 2011
Visit to the Reserve Training and Mobilisation Centre
The Chair, Alex Cunningham, Gemma Doyle, Mr Tobias Ellwood,
Mr Mark Francois, Kevan Jones, Mark Lancaster, Jack Lopresti,
Christopher Pincher, and Mr Andrew Robathan visited the Reserve
Training and Mobilisation Centre, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire in
connection with the Committee's inquiry into the Armed Forces
Bill, in accordance with the Committee's decision of 25 January.
Tuesday 8 February 2011
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
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Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
Mark Lancaster
| | Jack Lopresti
Sandra Osborne
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
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Committee working practices
The Committee considered this matter.
Future Programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Question put, That the Committee seek oral evidence from Mr Andrew
Robathan.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 6
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Kevan Jones
Sandra Osborne
David Wright
| | Noes, 7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
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Question accordingly negatived.
Written evidence
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to
the Armed Forces Bill be reported to the House for publication
on the internet:
- Forces Pension Society
- The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
- Defence Police Federation (DFP)
- General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- David Gee
The Armed Forces Bill
Lieutenant General Mark Mans, Adjutant-General, Vice-Admiral Charles
Montgomery, Second Sea Lord, Air Marshal Andy Pulford, Air Member
for Personnel, and Lieutenant General Sir William Rollo, Deputy
Chief of the Defence Staff; Brigadier Eddie Forster-Knight, Provost
Marshal (Army), Chief Constable Stephen Love, Chief Executive,
Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency, Mr Humphrey Morrison,
Head of Legislation, Central Legal Services, Ministry of Defence,
Commander Tony West, Provost Marshal (Navy), and Group Captain
John Whitmell, Provost Marshal (RAF) gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 February at 10.00 am
Wednesday 9 February
Visit to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre
Gemma Doyle, Jack Lopresti, Mr Andrew Robathan and the Clerk
visited the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court
in a representative capacity, in connection with the Committee's
inquiry into the Armed Forces Bill, in accordance with the Committee's
decision of 25 January.
Thursday 10 February 2011
MORNING SESSION
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
|
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
| | Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
David Wright
|
Future Programme
The Committee considered this matter.
The Armed Forces Bill
Chris Simpkins, Director General, Royal British Legion, Air Vice-Marshal
(Retired) Tony Stables, Chairman, COBSEO - Confederation of Service
Charities, and Bryn Parry, Chief Executive Officer, Help for Heroes;
Kim Richardson OBE, Chair, Naval Families Federation, Julie McCarthy,
Chief Executive, Army Families Federation, Dawn McCafferty, Chairman,
RAF Families Federation, and John Moore-Bick CBE DL, General Secretary,
Forces Pension Society gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Thursday 10 February at 2.00 pm
Thursday 10 February 2011
AFTERNOON SESSION
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
| Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
| | Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Armed Forces Bill be now considered.
Clause 1 agreed to.
Clause 2.
Amendment (2) proposed. - (Gemma Doyle.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 5
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Kevan Jones
David Wright
| | Noes, 7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
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Question accordingly negatived.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 February at 10.00 am
Monday 14 February 2011
Visit to Colchester Garrison
The Chair, Gemma Doyle, Mr Mark Francois, Jack
Lopresti, and Bob Russell visited Colchester Garrison, in connection
with the Committee's inquiry into the Armed Forces Bill, in accordance
with the Committee's decision of 25 January.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
MORNING SESSION
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
| Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
Mark Lancaster
| | Jack Lopresti
Sandra Osborne
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Armed Forces Bill be now considered.
Clause 2.
Amendment (3) proposed. -(Gemma Doyle.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 6
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Kevan Jones
Sandra Osborne
David Wright
| | Noes, 7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
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Question accordingly negatived.
Amendment (4) proposed. -(Gemma Doyle.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 6
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Kevan Jones
Sandra Osborne
David Wright
| | Noes, 7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
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Question accordingly negatived.
Amendment (6) proposed. -(Mr Kevan Jones.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 6
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Kevan Jones
Sandra Osborne
David Wright
| | Noes, 7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
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Question accordingly negatived.
Amendment (7) proposed. -(Mr Kevan Jones.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 6
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Kevan Jones
Sandra Osborne
David Wright
| | Noes, 7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
|
Question accordingly negatived.
Amendment (8) proposed. -(Mr Kevan Jones.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 6
Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Kevan Jones
Sandra Osborne
David Wright
| | Noes, 7
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mark Lancaster
Jack Lopresti
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
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Question accordingly negatived.
Clause agreed to.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 February at 2.00 pm
Tuesday 15 February 2011
AFTERNOON SESSION
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
| Alex Cunningham
Thomas Docherty
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
Mark Lancaster
| | Jack Lopresti
Sandra Osborne
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
|
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Armed Forces Bill be now considered.
Clauses 3 - 23 agreed to.
Clause 24.
Amendment (9) proposed. -(Bob Russell.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:-Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn.
Clause agree to.
Clauses 25 - 33 agreed to.
Schedules 1- 5 agreed to.
[Adjourned till Thursday 17 February at 10.00 am
Thursday 17 February 2011
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
| Alex Cunningham
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
Mark Lancaster
| | Jack Lopresti
Sandra Osborne
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
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The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Armed Forces Bill be now considered.
A Clause (NC1) - (Alex Cunningham) - brought up, and read
the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time: - Clause,
by leave withdrawn.
A Clause (NC2) - (Alex Cunningham) - brought up, and read
the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time: - Clause,
by leave withdrawn.
A Clause (NC3) - (Thomas Docherty) - brought up, and read
the first time.
Question proposed, That the Clause be read a second time: - Clause,
by leave withdrawn.
Resolved, That the Committee do sit in private.
Armed Forces Bill
The Committee considered this matter.
Written evidence
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to
the Armed Forces Bill be reported to the House for publication
on the internet:
- Archbishops' Council of the Church of England
- Dr Susan Atkins, Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed
Forces
- His Honour Judge Jeff Blackett,
Judge Advocate General
- The Welsh Assembly Government
- British Armed Forces Federation
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 March at 10.00 am
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Members present:
Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair
| Alex Cunningham
Gemma Doyle
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Kevan Jones
Jack Lopresti
| | Sandra Osborne
Christopher Pincher
Mr Andrew Robathan
Bob Russell
David Wright
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Armed Forces Bill
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report (Armed Forces Bill), proposed by the
Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Special Report be read a second
time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 - 22 read and agreed to.
Several papers were appended to the Report as Appendix 1.
Resolved, That the Report be the Special Report of the
Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Armed Forces Bill, without amendment,
be reported to the House.
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