Jan. 20 2022
Source Page: Ministry of Defence annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021Found: We are also strengthening our Strategic Workforce Planning to better anticipate and identify the demand
Mentions:
1: Lord Desai (Non-affiliated - Life peer) that they did that—completely shameful.The people of Hong Kong, the Gurkhas and the people who came - Speech Link
2: Lord Green of Deddington (CB - Life peer) The public would be right to demand no less. - Speech Link
3: Lord Teverson (LDEM - Life peer) I did A-level economics—wow—and one of the things that I learnt about was called supply and demand. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Warsi (CON - Life peer) are and should be equal and that, as a citizen, you are a permanent member. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tulip Siddiq (LAB - Hampstead and Kilburn) decisions that are made will receive less scrutiny? - Speech Link
2: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) The removal of ethnic minorities from these islands has been a long-standing fascist demand. - Speech Link
3: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) Is it any wonder that we receive some of the communications that we do? - Speech Link
4: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) We ask them to put their life on the line as members of our country, yet we do not pay their pensions - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (CON - Basingstoke) Fairness in pensions and in the way we treat Gurkhas at the end of their military career has been central - Speech Link
2: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Do we consider them as equal and do we properly value them, or are they simply a convenient source of - Speech Link
3: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) pensions as UK personnel, despite the fact that Gurkhas and UK personnel served alongside one another - Speech Link
4: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) It is one thing to compare pensions alongside each other, but we are not comparing the fact that Gurkhas - Speech Link
Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021
Committee: Petitions CommitteeFound: We want Commonhold.
Oct. 19 2021
Source Page: Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body: Fiftieth Report 2021Found: the evidence that we would receive from the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
Oct. 19 2021
Source Page: Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body: Fiftieth Report 2021Found: the evidence that we would receive from the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
We demand that the Gurkhas receive equal pensions
- Final Signatures: 108,278
We are demanding that the government treats Gurkhas fairly and pays them the same pension as other British veterans of the same rank and service. Many Gurkhas joined the Queen’s Gurkha Army believing their pension would sustain them and their families but sadly this has not been the case.
Scheduled Debate: This petition is scheduled to be debated on 22nd November 2021
The Government responsed to this petition on 19th August 2021 (View Full Response)Found: Gurkhas served the crown and British yet many Gurkhas and their widows live in poverty in the UK and
Inquiry Publications Jul. 25 2021
Inquiry: Women in the Armed Forces: From Recruitment to Civilian LifeFound: Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life HC 154 Report
Inquiry Publications Jul. 25 2021
Inquiry: Women in the Armed Forces: From Recruitment to Civilian LifeFound: Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life HC 154 Report