Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Luke Pollard and Lucy Rigby

Monday 18th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Luke Pollard]

The Armed Forces Commissioner will extend to all parts of the United Kingdom and cover the service welfare matters of UK armed forces personnel and their families, including when deployed abroad. We would expect recommendations to be published directly to Parliament, not through the Ministry of Defence, to ensure the impartiality and independence of the role, and to allow Members of Parliament from all parts of the House to scrutinise recommendations and issues raised by the commissioner. That will include every nation within the United Kingdom.

[Lucy Rigby (Northampton North) (Lab)]

7. What steps he is taking with his NATO counterparts to increase co-operation on missile defence.