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Armed Forces: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the (a) role and (b) remit of the proposed new Armed Forces Commissioner.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
25 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the (a) role and (b) remit of the proposed new Armed Forces Commissioner.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Armed Forces Commissioner will be a strong independent champion of our Armed Forces and their families, to improve service life. The new Commissioner will be a direct point of contact for service personnel and their families to raise issues impacting ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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