Brian Binley MP for Northampton South has sponsored an Early Day Motion calling for the Military Covenant to be made law in order to better protect our armed forces welfare.
The Covenant states: Soldiers will be called upon to make personal sacrifices- including the ultimate sacrifice- in the service of the nation. In return British soldiers should expect fair treatment, to be valued and respected as individuals and that they and their families will be sustained and rewarded by commensurate terms and conditions of service.
Brian said: “The Military Covenant in its current state is only referred to as an act of guidance and is not enshrined in law in anyway. I was disappointed to hear when the Armed Forces Bill was announced in the House of Commons that we had not done more for our forces in that respect.”
“We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to our military personnel who over the last decade in particular have displayed enormous courage and bravery in military campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan and most recently in Libya.”
“A military Covenant enshrined in law as David Cameron intimated he would do in June last year would go some way to honouring the memory of those servicemen who have lost their lives or been injured whilst serving their nation.”
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