John Healey: (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to update the House on the overseas operations Bill’s impact on the rights of British troops serving overseas to bring civil liability claims against the Ministry of Defence and its implications for the Armed Forces Covenant.
John Healey: This urgent question, with the summer recess next week, is the only way of getting Ministers to set the record straight and reassure veterans who have won claims against the MOD after knowing about their PTSD or their hearing loss for years, who rightly feel and fear this Bill will block their comrades from such compensation in future. We also want to protect serving and former troops against...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the Government’s response to the consultation on Legal protections for armed forces personnel and Veterans serving in operations outside the United Kingdom, which closed on 13 October 2019.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 67536 on Ministry of Defence: Iraq Detainees, of the 1,000 civil claims in connection with operations in Iraq, how many cases were brought after (a) three and (b) six years, when calculated from the date the claim was issued, rather than the date the claim was serviced.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 67536 on Ministry of Defence: Iraq Detainees, how many of the approximately 1,000 civil claims and 1,500 judicial reviews in connection with operations in Iraq, were settled.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the civil claims filed against his Department, under employers' liability, by serving armed forces personnel, veterans and their families were issued after (a) three and (b) six years when calculated from either the date of the alleged incident, or the date of knowledge of the incident, which ever is later, since 2003.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's civilian staff will be subject to the same provisions within the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill as military personnel when posted overseas to support military operations.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 63455 on Ministry of Defence: Iraq Detainees, of the 1000 civil claims filed in connection with operations in Iraq, how many of those claims were filed within (a) three and (b) six years of the alleged offence.
John Healey: The Government are the custodians of the armed forces covenant, which Labour has always been proud to support. The covenant rightly declares: “Those who serve in the Armed Forces…those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services”, so why are the Government now legislating to...
John Healey: Of course, I have read the legislation, and the word “diagnosis” does not appear in it. The Minister is right about baseless and repeated claims; we want to stop those as well, but in part the Bill does more to protect the MOD than it does to protect British soldiers. The Bill may well breach our armed forces covenant; it certainly will deny those who serve our country overseas the same...
John Healey: May I join the Secretary of State in paying full tribute to the military’s essential and continuing role in helping the country through this covid crisis? In the same spirit, he talked earlier of the lessons from covid for the integrated review. He is uniquely placed as the Defence Secretary and a former Security Minister to turn adversary into advantage, so will he use this period to...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many on-site inspections of businesses have been carried out by the Health and Safety Executive relating to covid-19 since 1 January 2020 to date, by (a) week and (b) local authority area.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries his Department has used its share of Official Development Assistance in each year 2015 to 2020.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to assess whether reductions to Official Development Assistance (ODA) by his Department would threaten the security of (a) British assets overseas, and (b) individuals, groups and communities who are beneficiaries of the ODA spend by his Department.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Official Development Assistance has been spent by his Department in each year from 2015 to 2020.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much his Department has been requested to reduce its share of the Official Development Assistance budget; and how that reduction will effect the 2 per cent spending target.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date was Operation Northmoor concluded by his Department.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he announced that Operation Northmoor had been concluded; and how that official announcement made.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the conclusions of Operation Northmoor.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communication Ministers in his Department have had with personnel under investigation as part of Operation Northmoor in relation to the conclusion of that investigation.