Oral Answers to Questions

Felicity Buchan Excerpts

Monday 3rd February 2020 Commons Chamber

[Johnny Mercer]

The Government are funding the NHS to bring in the veterans mental health transition, intervention and liaison service, and the veterans’ mental health complex treatment service. We are bringing in a high-intensity service, and those measures will be brought together to bring forward a coherent veterans strategy for mental health. We are determined that by the end of this year, no veteran will not know where to turn when they need such support.

[Felicity Buchan (Kensington) (Con)]

T10. What progress has been made in aligning the goals of the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence?

[Mr Wallace]

The Ministry of Defence continues to work closely with colleagues in DFID and across the Government to ensure that activity is co-ordinated and mutually reinforced in support of our national security objectives. The Government have announced that they will undertake the deepest review of Britain’s security, defence and foreign policy since the end of the cold war, and that will cover all aspects from defence to diplomacy and development.