Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Al Carns and Bobby Dean

Monday 24th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Al Carns]

This absolutely is a step change. A tri-service complaints system, removed from the single services, has been called for for a long time. We have taken decisive action to do that, and it will move things in the right direction. Combine that with the violence against women and girls taskforce, and we are double-tapping to ensure that we have the best support for women and, indeed, anyone else in the armed forces.

[Bobby Dean (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD)]

Concerns have been growing over China’s aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. Given the strategic importance of the Taiwan strait to global security, what has been the Department’s response to those rising tensions?