Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [HL] Debate

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Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [HL]

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Wed 11th Oct 2017
Grand Committee
Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Tuesday 12th September 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Grand Committee
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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—

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Don’t get carried away.

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