Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephanie Peacock Excerpts
Monday 7th November 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Wallace Portrait Mr Wallace
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Poland is one of our oldest allies—we have been allies for more than 150 years—and we currently have a squadron of Challenger 2 tanks and a squadron of Light Dragoons light reconnaissance based in that country. Over the past three years I have worked incredibly closely with my Polish counterparts, including by sending a squadron of Royal Engineers to help at the time of the Belarusian migrant crisis. I recently visited again to sign a multibillion-pound deal with Poland on medium-range air defence. There are also the beginnings of an agreement on the Arrowhead Type 31 shipbuilding.

Stephanie Peacock Portrait Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East) (Lab)
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Figures from the MOD show that more than half of veterans rate their experience of the armed forces compensation scheme as one out of 10. Last week, I and my co-chairs of the all-party parliamentary group on veterans—the hon. Members for Midlothian (Owen Thompson), for Bracknell (James Sunderland) and for Tiverton and Honiton (Richard Foord)—launched a survey to enable those affected to share their experiences of the compensation scheme. Will the Minister agree to meet us when that survey concludes?

Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Murrison
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I would be most happy to meet the hon. Lady.