Today In Parliament
An Opposition Day Motion:
MILITARY COVENANT
Edward Miliband
]Mr Jim Murphy
Mr Douglas Alexander
John Healey
Ms Rosie Winterton
That this House supports establishing in law the definition of the Military Covenant, in so doing fulfilling the Prime Minister’s pledge of 25 June 2010 to have ‘a new Military Covenant that’s written into the law of the land’; believes that this commitment should not be diluted or sidestepped; and further supports service charities’ and families’ calls for a legally-binding Military Covenant which defines the principles that should guide Government action on all aspects of defence policy.
The selection of the matters to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).
Debate may continue until 7.00 pm
The motion was defeated.