United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 50358
Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings
Introduced
26 October 2016
Last action
2 November 2016 · Answer
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Answered
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Defence
Source updated
2 November 2016
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to prevent vexatious lawsuits being brought against British servicemen.
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26 October 2016
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to prevent vexatious lawsuits being brought against British servicemen.
Source: Commons
2 November 2016
Answer
This Government is committed to putting a stop to ill-founded claims against our service personnel resulting from military operations overseas. We recently announced our presumption to derogate from the relevant Articles of the European Convention on Huma...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-10-26/50358
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/622018
- uk · wq-622018 · source updated 2 November 2016