| Heading: |
Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces) Act 1987 |
| Question ID: |
1795150 |
| UIN: |
46579 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5326 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Edward Morello
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Edward Morello
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislating for the retrospective application of the Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces) Act 1987. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
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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: |
There are currently no plans to apply the Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces) Act 1987 retrospectively. There is a route to compensation, outside of litigation, for Service personnel who served before May 1987, via the War Pensions Scheme. The War Pensions S... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |