Ill-Health Benefits - Non-attributable ill-health benefits
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill
11:00 am
Mr Ivor Caplin (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence; Hove, Labour)
I hear what the hon. Gentleman says. Many cases are under way, and one of the reasons for the introduction of the new compensation scheme was that it would sort out some of those issues. However, let me make a wider point about veterans' affairs. Earlier, some Opposition Back Benchers tried to tease me into a response on something that I said was nonsense. What I objected to was their painting the whole Veterans Affairs Secretariat with the same brush.