Speeches by Francois.

““(8) Where property held by the Defence Housing Service is to be treated as property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown by virtue of this paragraph, the Defence Housing Service has the same immunities, privileges and exemptions in respect of its holding of that property as would apply if it were property held by or on…”

“Amendment 54, page 66, line 12, at end insert—”

“Anecdotally, some service parents have left the armed forces in order to protect the EHCP for their child rather than risk the delay that might be incurred by having to go round the loop all over again if they were transferred for operational or other reasons. In short, they put their children before their service, and…”

“This amendment is consequential on Amendment 51.”

“Amendment 53, page 66, line 4, leave out “for defence purposes”.”

“Our amendments 2 and 3 refer to service personnel with children who have special educational needs, and to the related matter of service personnel who wish to foster or adopt children. Both amendments are based on one of the two key principles of the armed forces covenant—namely, that those in the armed forces and thei…”

“This amendment clarifies that the Defence Housing Service will be treated in the same way as a Crown body in respect of its holding of any property that is to be treated as Crown property.”

“Amendment 55, page 73, line 6, leave out “for Defence Housing and other purposes: supplementary provision” and insert”

““by Defence Housing Service or Secretary of State: England and Wales”.”

“See the explanatory statement for Amendment 10.”

“Amendment 56, page 80, line 39, at end insert—”

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““Part 5”

“Compulsory purchase by Defence Housing Service or Secretary of State: Scotland”

“Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947”

“41 The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 applies to the compulsory acquisition of land by the Defence Housing Service under section 343H as if—”

“(a) the Defence Housing Service were a local authority within the meaning of that Act, and”

“(b) this paragraph had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act.”

“Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997”

“There has been a leak: the hon. Gentleman has clearly had access to my speech. He has put a lot of work into this issue, so perhaps I can meet him halfway with what I am about to say. In fairness, there are already DFE guidelines that can facilitate the portability of an EHCP from one local education authority to anoth…”