Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will commission an independent review into the medical discharge process in the armed forces.

The medical discharge process is delegated to the single Services to afford each branch of the Armed Forces the necessary flexibility to respond effectively to the unique and varying environments in which their people are employed. While each of the single Services' medical discharge process is subject to regular review, Defence has no plans to commission an independent review.