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Military Covenant

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about claims that the military covenant had been broken, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s views on the armed forces were well known. The Prime Minister believed that our service personnel made an extraordinary contribution to British life and those serving on the front line risked their lives for others on a daily basis. The PMS added that the Prime Minister was absolutely committed to rebuilding the covenant and would ensure that the military were provided with the help and support they deserved.

Asked if that would include enshrining the military covenant in law, the PMS replied that we had made a commitment regarding the covenant. It had never been written down before and there was only a passing reference to it in legislation. For the first time we would define what the military covenant was and there would be a report from the Defence Secretary to Parliament on an annual basis.

Asked if that was consistent with what the Prime Minister had said on the Ark Royal, the PMS replied that while on the Ark Royal, the Prime Minister had said that, it was time for us to rewrite the military covenant to make sure we were doing all we could and I wanted all these things to be refreshed and renewed and written down in a new military covenant that was written into the law of the land.

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