Armed Forces Personnel

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 23 February 2009.

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Photo of Kevan Jones Kevan Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans) 2:30, 23 February 2009

First, may I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman and other members of the all-party group on the Army for arranging this afternoon's event? I and other ministerial colleagues will be there to support the event. He raises a vital point. It is important that we support families, because when people are on operations, they think about their families back home being taken care of. One thing that I am working on, which will be announced later this year, is a welfare pathway, which is intended to look not only at support for families and servicemen when they are in service, but at how they make the transition to civilian life. We should not forget that we have a duty of care to servicemen and women not just when they are in service, but when they leave.