Veterans Affairs committee  I'm unable to answer that. I have spoken to some Canadian colleagues over the past year, but I've not had the opportunity to really look at and understand what Canada or the U.S.A and other colleagues are delivering. It's not a matter of not wanting to, because with the team we'v

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. My apologies to those who had questions that I wasn't able to answer at this point in time.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's absolutely fine.

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay. I'll bump into her down the road.

Veterans Affairs committee  Hello.

Veterans Affairs committee  Not that I'm aware of.... I'm loath to go into detail in that area because that's really the Ministry of Defence and SPVA's role. I wouldn't like to misinform you on that. I do apologize.

Veterans Affairs committee  U.K. citizens, generally, are able to access legal aid here, which is free. Also, veterans, certainly if they have a pension appeal process to go through, will have been informed by the SPVA that they are able to receive assistance, legal and other, from the Royal British Legion,

Veterans Affairs committee  Certainly, that's where we're heading with the Royal British Legion, as part of the service that I described. At the moment, we're in a bit of a hybrid situation in which they're being informed, and in effect, emailed a letter that will signpost them to some of those key agencies

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not familiar with that specific program you refer to. Certainly in my discussions with the Ministry of Defence in relation to that transition piece, that's not been raised as a specific issue or problem for them. The vast majority of those leaving will have homes to go back t

Veterans Affairs committee  That's certainly an issue that has been ongoing since I came into this post five years or so back. I think there's a mixture in response to that, because clearly, a veteran's problem can be a problem that's experienced by anybody. It's not necessarily a veteran's problem, if I ca

Veterans Affairs committee  That's not a project I'm familiar with. I think that must be a Ministry of Defence project not immediately linked to the health provision we provide here to veterans. I'm unsighted on that, I'm afraid.

Veterans Affairs committee  We are just in the process. I mentioned Dr. Murrison. He produced another report, this time on those who lost a limb in service. Dr. Murrison, I should point out, is now a minister in the Ministry of Defence. He wasn't at the time he produced the reports. He identified the need

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, the Ministry of Defence is part of that discharge process. It depends on the individual length of service, and on which part of the armed forces they are in, etc., but as a general rule, they will look to help re-skill, retrain, and inform that individual of that process. I

Veterans Affairs committee  With great difficulty. I met with colleagues from True Patriot Love a year or so back and they asked a very similar question at that stage. It is difficult. Within the U.K. I think there are over 2,000 service charities. Some are very small, local; others very large—Help for Hero