DebateGeneral CommitteeTuesday, 14 April 202609:25

Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill: Consideration of the Bill

Parliamentary debate

A Select Committee is holding a formal consideration of the Armed Forces Bill, examining its provisions in detail before it progresses further through Parliament. This is a crucial stage where the committee scrutinises the bill's content, proposed amendments, and policy implications affecting the UK's military structure and personnel.

The Armed Forces Bill is a major piece of defence legislation that affects military personnel, veterans, defence spending, and national security policy. The Select Committee's scrutiny is vital to ensure the bill properly addresses service personnel welfare, recruitment, retention, and operational effectiveness across all branches of the armed forces.

Defence & Security

MPs most likely to speak

Mr Hamish FalconerLabour Party

Lincoln

Parliamentary Under-Secretary — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on defence (89 times, 40pts); Known positions: defence: supportive, defence: neutral, defence: opposed (30pts)Voting record

Priti PatelConservative and Unionist Party

Witham

Shadow Foreign — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on defence (99 times, 40pts); Known positions: defence: questioning, defence: opposed, defence: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabour Party

Slough

Prior Armed Forces Bill engagement: 1 debate(s) (30pts); Spoken on defence (92 times, 40pts); Known positions: defence: questioning, defence: supportive, defence: opposed (30pts); Committee: defence committee (Chair) (25pts)Voting record

Wendy MortonConservative and Unionist Party

Aldridge-Brownhills

Shadow Foreign — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on defence (74 times, 40pts); Known positions: defence: questioning, defence: neutral, defence: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Alex BakerLabour Party

Aldershot

Prior Armed Forces Bill engagement: 1 debate(s) (30pts); Spoken on defence (38 times, 40pts); Known positions: defence: supportive (10pts); Committee: defence committee (20pts)Voting record

Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill: Consideration of the Bill

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