Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Siobhan Baillie Excerpts
Monday 13th June 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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My hon. Friend is right. If Britain stands for anything, it is that no matter whether 8,000 miles away in the south Atlantic or in Ukraine, Britain will stand up for its values and, if necessary, fight for them.

Siobhan Baillie Portrait Siobhan Baillie (Stroud) (Con)
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I think that the hon. Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock), on the Opposition Front Bench, was talking about my constituent. If not, there are two people who served for 38 years in the Royal Engineers and are struggling with multi-year battles with Veterans UK tribunals on a number of things. Some veterans are telling me that the Minister’s positive experience of VUK is not what they are experiencing on the ground, particularly on mental health issues. Will he meet me to discuss the case and perhaps—this is similar to what my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) said—talk about mental health with veterans?