Oral Answers to Questions

Gavin Newlands Excerpts

Monday 10th January 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr Wallace]

My hon. Friend is right. In anticipation of those training situations, the Defence Command Paper in March and “The Integrated Operating Concept 2025”, which preceded it, put in place measures to ensure that our Army is more ready, more forward and more deployable than it has ever been before, because speed and readiness are the one of the best ways to deter our adversaries.

[Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)]

T4. I am proud to have Erskine veterans home in my constituency. I am also proud of the Scottish Government’s veterans fund and their appointment of a Veterans Commissioner. Does the Minister not feel that that should be replicated elsewhere on these isles to ensure that the veterans community are properly represented in decisions taken affecting their welfare?

[The Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Leo Docherty)]

I am pleased to confirm that all the other nations of the United Kingdom do indeed have veterans commissioners.