Military Covenant Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence
Wednesday 22nd October 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Lloyd Portrait Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD)
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My hon. Friend is talking about councils. With 150,000 or so veterans living in Northern Ireland, which is a considerable number given its size, does she agree that it was unhelpful that no members of the Northern Ireland Executive responded to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s invitation to appear before it?

Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry
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All I can say is that I do not see how on earth it can help if no such Ministers came along, because the more people who get themselves involved the better for everybody concerned, but that is just my view.