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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 31 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (Second sitting)

"On a point of order, Mr Sunderland. I place on the record my thanks to you for the excellent way in which you have chaired the Committee over the last few weeks. I also thank the Clerks for their guidance and expertise, which has been much needed at times, and …..."
Sharon Hodgson - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Lady. New clause 12 would require the Government to do three things: first, to produce a definition of “priority care” to help primary care clinicians to deliver on the commitments in the armed forces covenant; secondly, to conduct a review of mental …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)

"I beg to move amendment 19, in clause 7, page 4, line 26, at end insert—

‘(4A) Guidance under (3)(a) must provide that murder, manslaughter and rape must be tried in civilian court when offences are committed in the UK.’.

This amendment will ensure that the most serious crimes – …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)

"It has been a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship throughout this Committee, Mr Sunderland, and to be able to participate virtually. I am aware that this is the first time that line-by-line has been done this way. We are pioneers, and I am sure we are doing a grand …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)

"I have listened carefully to the Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham and other hon. Members. I am minded to withdraw the amendment, while reserving the right to bring it back at a later stage. On that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)

"I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 10, page 20, line 17, leave out subsection (4).

This amendment will remove attempts to reduce the amount of time service personnel have to make appeals in service complaints cases from six weeks to two weeks...."
Sharon Hodgson - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)

"Amendment 20 would remove attempts to reduce the amount of time that service personnel have to make appeals in service complaints cases from six weeks to two weeks. New clause 9 would expand the powers of the service complaints ombudsman to include matters relating to the armed forces covenant. This …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)

"I have listened carefully to the Minister’s response, but due to the strength of the evidence that we received from witnesses I would like to test the will of the Committee and press amendment 20 to a vote...."
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Written Question
Civil Servants: Veterans
Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, how many veterans have (a) applied to the Civil Service through that initiative and (b) been successful in securing a job through that initiative to date.

Answered by Johnny Mercer

Since the pilot of ‘Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans’ was launched on 5 October 2020, up to 31 December 2020, unvalidated data shows that 856 veterans have applied for jobs using the scheme (6% of total applicants), with 9 job offers made to veterans (13% of all job offers). This indicates that on participating vacancies, a higher proportion of job offers are held by veterans compared to the proportion of all applicants who are veterans. In addition to this, since the launch of the pilot in four Government departments, the Welsh Government and National Crime Agency have joined the scheme, ensuring a higher number of vacancies are made available to veterans.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Dec 2020
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill

"I thank the House staff who have made today’s proceedings possible. They have come at the 11th hour, as the Prime Minister was desperate for a Christmas miracle, but this deal is better than no deal and gives us something to build on.

The Nissan plant in my constituency is …..."
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