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Veterans
Support for armed forces veterans
Government alignment shows how often each party voted with the government's stated position. Issue-aligned direction shows agreement with the AI-identified supportive stance.
Voted with government positionVoted in issue-aligned direction
2 Jul 2025Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2CAye = Support the Government's broader whistleblower protections that allow family members to raise complaints to the Armed Forces Commissioner on behalf of serving personnel · No = Prefer the Lords' alternative amendment, which did not include family members within the scope of the Armed Forces Commissioner's remit for complaints321 · 160Passed3 Jun 2025Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3Aye = Support the government's position: reject the Lords amendment and proceed with the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill as the government intended, establishing the commissioner to handle service welfare complaints · No = Support retaining the Lords amendment, preferring the Lords' modified version of the Bill over the government's original approach316 · 186Passed3 Jun 2025Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3Aye = Support the government's revised amendment, which strengthens the original Lords changes while establishing the Armed Forces Commissioner on a firmer statutory footing · No = Prefer the original Lords amendments as passed, or oppose the overall approach to the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill328 · 105Passed3 Jun 2025Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2Aye = Support the government's position of removing the Lords amendment, keeping the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill in its original scope without additional legacy-related provisions · No = Support the Lords amendment, which would have added provisions — likely relating to Northern Ireland Troubles legacy matters — to the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill321 · 182Passed21 Jan 2025Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage: Amendment 2Aye = Support requiring the Armed Forces Commissioner to report annually on inequalities faced by specific groups within the armed forces community, including historically disadvantaged groups like Gurkha veterans, and to engage with those communities directly. · No = Oppose adding this specific reporting and engagement requirement to the Bill, likely preferring to keep the Commissioner's remit as already defined without additional statutory obligations.77 · 350Defeated21 Jan 2025Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10Aye = Support adding more specific prescriptions to the Bill about what the Armed Forces Commissioner must do, including areas like service housing welfare · No = Oppose over-prescribing the Commissioner's duties in primary legislation, arguing this risks compromising the Commissioner's independence and flexibility to adapt to evolving issues193 · 338Defeated21 Jan 2025Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage: Amendment 9Aye = Support requiring the government to clarify how the Armed Forces Commissioner will coordinate with the National, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioners and related bodies within one year of the Act passing. · No = Oppose mandating a formal published coordination plan, trusting the government to manage inter-body relationships without a statutory requirement.193 · 340Defeated
How is this calculated?
Government alignment shows how often a party's MPs voted with the government's stated position on this issue. This is the most comparable metric across parties, as it measures the same reference point for everyone.
Issue-aligned direction shows how often MPs voted in the direction tagged as supportive of this issue by AI analysis. For example, if a vote is tagged “pro-environment”, an Aye vote counts as aligned.