Armed Forces Covenant

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:49 pm on 2 February 2017.

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Photo of Julian Brazier Julian Brazier Conservative, Canterbury 1:49, 2 February 2017

Much as I respect my hon. Friend the Minister, when we read the questions in the screenshot we can see how they are designed to produce a particular answer. To take just one example, the most common reason why people are in favour of change—two thirds are nominally in favour—is that they want to live in a better house. Nowhere are they told that once they go into the private sector, they will be totally responsible for persuading landlords to do something about the maintenance of their homes—unlike in the very expensive Australian model, in which the Department of Defence has kept that responsibility.