Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mary Creagh and Lord Robathan

Monday 13th September 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Robathan]

PTSD is indeed a serious condition and should not in any way be treated lightly. It is certain that some people returning from combat do suffer from PTSD. The King’s Centre for Military Health Research, led by Professor Simon Wessely, has done a lot of work looking at the condition and what further we can do. I do not have an immediate answer to the question of how we can have settled compensation, except that under the armed forces compensation scheme each person with some form of health problem has a particular tariff, which might apply to PTSD too.

[Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab)]

6. What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the sharing of military equipment with other countries.