Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) The professionalism of our Armed Forces has been crucial in our support for Ukraine. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Leeds (Bshp - Bishops) I am particularly concerned about the capacity of our Armed Forces. - Speech Link
3: Lord True (Con - Life peer) Recruitment is always a challenge in any walk of life, and certainly in the Armed Forces. - Speech Link
4: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I remind your Lordships’ House of my interest as a serving member of the Armed Forces. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) the Hillsborough families, the apology given by the current Prime Minister to former members of our armed - Speech Link
2: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) The Leader of the House knows from her own experience that the UK has some of the finest armed forces - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) One issue facing recruitment in North West Norfolk is the time involved in getting on to the NHS performers - Speech Link
2: Sarah Edwards (Lab - Tamworth) We need targeted recruitment schemes to fill the voids of decay left by a lack of strategy. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) There are specific challenges to rural dentistry provision, recruitment and retention. - Speech Link
4: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby and Ainsty) Another constituent, a veteran, has been left without a dentist because armed forces personnel are removed - Speech Link
5: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Do they share my concern that without wider reform to tackle retention issues in NHS dentistry, recruitment - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021, which address the vexatious claims against veterans and the armed - Speech Link
2: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) We have recently increased the budget for probation by £155 million and ramped up recruitment, with an - Speech Link
3: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) Thanks to our investment in judicial recruitment, we expect to recruit more than 1,000 judges across - Speech Link
4: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) In addition to the measures that we have already taken—unlimited sitting days, recruitment of judges, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) What steps his Department is taking to support armed forces personnel with the cost of living. - Speech Link
2: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) What steps his Department is taking to recruit armed forces personnel. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) We continue to apply an array of measures to support recruitment and retention and refine the armed forces - Speech Link
4: Derek Twigg (Lab - Halton) armed forces is becoming a serious crisis. - Speech Link
5: Michael Fabricant (Con - Lichfield) Friend has already acknowledged the importance of women in the armed forces. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None The treatment of those Armed Forces personnel perceived to be LGBT between 1967 and 2000 has long been - Speech Link
2: None Next year will see the expanded rollout of the Armed Forces veterans card to all veterans who served - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) But it also has to be a further watershed moment for our Armed Forces now. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As a start, there is not an accurate set of records about why people left the Armed Forces. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) There is an ongoing issue concerning recruitment of and support for individuals with HIV in the forces - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) Repairs had stagnated, and our armed forces personnel had been forced to take to social media to share - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Friend the Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) on Armed Forces Day. - Speech Link
3: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) The SNP’s core policy is to establish an armed forces representative body. - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Member for Angus (Dave Doogan) spoke about engagement with armed forces personnel. - Speech Link
5: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Of course, we want to have a good relationship with our armed forces personnel. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) Next year will see the expanded roll-out of the armed forces veterans card to all veterans who served - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) We argued for the Etherton review in the Armed Forces Bill. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) However, some people were misled when they left the armed forces, and I strongly recommend that they - Speech Link
4: Sarah Atherton (Con - Wrexham) Our armed forces still have pockets of misogyny, poor leadership and inappropriate behaviour, so will - Speech Link
5: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) It covered police, the armed forces and civil servants, so the scope was much wider. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) I am taking direct leadership on access to employment, particularly in respect of applications and recruitment - Speech Link
2: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) Keep Prisons Single Sex has disclosed that police forces are still failing to adequately record the sex - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I know that Members will also want to join me in sending our warmest wishes to our armed forces based - Speech Link
4: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) May I concur with the Prime Minister’s comments about our armed forces, Christmas and Mark Drakeford? - Speech Link
5: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) tribute to our key workers, particularly those in emergency services and those serving abroad in our forces - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) just as important as new cranes and new docks in making these projects a success and supporting our armed - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) Just last week, we saw the staggering figures from the Government that teacher training recruitment targets - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) We have the most talented generation of teachers ever, and we continue to focus on a strong recruitment - Speech Link