| Heading: |
Gurkhas: Pensions |
| Question ID: |
1762042 |
| UIN: |
28865 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5150 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Samantha Niblett
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Samantha Niblett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on granting retrospective pension arrangements to Gurkha veterans who served in the armed forces. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
The Government greatly values the contribution that Gurkhas make in support of the UK’s security and defence and takes its responsibilities to our Gurkha veterans very seriously. The legal basis for Gurkha pensions has been upheld by three Judicial Review... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |