Armed Forces: Accommodation

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Excerpts

Thursday 1st March 2012 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde]

My Lords, does the Minister agree that one of the ways of resolving this difficult problem would be to ring-fence within the MoD the budget for accommodation? The Armed Forces Pay Review Body has asked for that for many years, because whenever there are cutbacks it is the accommodation budget that gets attacked and reduced first. The accommodation that we ask some of our service personnel, both single and families, to have as their homes is a disgrace.

[Lord De Mauley]

I agree with the noble Baroness’s sentiment. If I may, I will pass her suggestion to the review.