Clause 1 - Pension and compensation schemes: armed and reserve forces
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill
4:45 pm
Mr John Robertson (Glasgow Anniesland, Labour)
One of the points that I was trying to make was that people suddenly find themselves leaving the Army and having to enter the housing market. The hon. Member for Canterbury is right to say that they should have thought about the matter years before, but they did not. The last thing that we want is soldiers who join up and want to talk about their benefits before they have done anything. Is the Minister going to address the problem of ensuring that such soldiers are not, in effect, given lesser houses than other soldiers?