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New policy position on using civilian courts to try military personnel in serious cases #1642

Closed RichardTaylor closed 3 months ago

RichardTaylor commented 1 year ago

Title

Trials of Military Personnel in Civilian Courts in Serious Cases

Policy link / ID

https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/policy.php?id=6919

Example Wording

[MP name] generally voted for putting military personnel on trial in civilian courts in serious cases [MP name] generally voted against putting military personnel on trial in civilian courts in serious cases

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putting military personnel on trial in civilian courts

Categories

Miscellaneous Topics

Policy details

There have been votes in Parliament on if to require allegations of murder, manslaughter, domestic violence, child abuse and rape by members of the armed services to generally be considered by civilian courts.

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Generic Parliament shot as used on other policies

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RichardTaylor commented 1 year ago

A new section: "Justice" has been proposed at #1644 this could be added to that instead.

ajparsons commented 3 months ago

This policy proposal has been moved to the policy tracking spreadsheet and/or has been added via twfy-votes. Closing the ticket (specific tickets may be reopened if needed).