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Legislative Scrutiny: The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill

Legislative scrutiny

The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill report has been published.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Ninth Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
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Response to this report
Third Special Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2019–21
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HC 1120
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Third Special Report: Legislative Scrutiny: Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2019–21
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Oral evidence transcripts

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5 October 2020
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Witnesses Johnny Mercer MP, Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Minister for Defence People and Veterans at Ministry of Defence), Baroness Goldie, Minister of State (Minister of State at Ministry of Defence), Katherine Willerton, Deputy Director, Legal Advisers, Ministry of Defence (Deputy Director for Legal Advisers at Ministry of Defence), and Damian Parmenter, Director of the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy. Ministry of Defence (Director of the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy at Ministry of Defence)
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Oral Evidence
28 September 2020
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Witnesses Mark Goodwin-Hudson, former British Army Officer, Reverend Nicholas Mercer, former Command Legal Advisor in Iraq, Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG, and Martyn Day (Senior Partner at Leigh Day)
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Written evidence

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Mr John Cubbon (OOB0001)
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The Quaker Concern for Abolition of Torture (OOB0002)
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Dr Tanzil Chowdhury and Bethany Shiner (OOB0005)
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Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
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