Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [HL]
Debate between Lord Tunnicliffe and Lord Touhig
Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Tuesday 12th September 2017
(6 years, 8 months ago)
Grand CommitteeRead Full debate Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 View all Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 Debates Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts Amendment Paper: HL Bill 13-I Marshalled list for Grand Committee (PDF, 82KB) - (8 Sep 2017)
Lord Touhig
My Lords,
“The need for an Armed Forces Covenant is ever more relevant today”.
Those are the words of the very first sentence that the Defence Secretary wrote in the foreword to the Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2016. For once I find myself in complete agreement with Sir Michael Fallon—
