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Northern Ireland Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to appoint a new Chair of the Northern Ireland Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that veterans in Northern Ireland receive parity of support

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
27 Jun 2025
Target answer date
2 Jul 2025
Answer
2 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to appoint a new Chair of the Northern Ireland Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that veterans in Northern Ireland receive parity of support

  2. 2 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Ministry of Defence officials are currently working through the latest advice that the Veterans Advisory and Pension Committees have provided, for which I am most grateful. We are currently considering their functions and activity against wider Department...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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