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date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the Service complaints system.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Duncan Hames
uin	906201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The outgoing Commissioner, Dr Susan Atkins, and I are confident that an effective and fair complaints system has been agreed and is contained in the Bill now going through Parliament. It is one that will give Service Personnel access to a redress system they deserve.</p><p> </p><p>Last Tuesday, I was delighted to announce that Nicola Williams is the Government’s preferred candidate for the post of Service Complaints Commissioner, and she will now go forward to a House of Commons Defence Committee pre-appointment hearing on Wednesday 26 November. She is an outstanding candidate and I am sure she will undertake the role with great vigour and insight.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/11/2014 17:38:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3951 label Biography information for Duncan Hames

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date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the service complaints system.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Duncan Hames
uin	904805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Service personnel deserve to have a fair and effective complaints system. I announced in March that we had been working for some time with Dr Atkins, the Service Complaints Commissioner, on proposals for a more efficient system.</p><p> </p><p>In her most recent report, Dr Atkins concluded that she was optimistic that a fairer, more effective system has been agreed, and that, once implemented, Service personnel will have access to a redress system that they deserve. The bill introduced in the House of Lords on 5<sup>th</sup> June 2014 will improve the system to make sure that is what they will get.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:58:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3951 label Biography information for Duncan Hames