Category - Armed Forces Bill 2011

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8 Feb 2011

Quakers urge change to armed forces age of enlistment

Quakers in Britain are calling for Parliament to amend the Armed Forces Bill in order to to raise the age of enlistment, currently set at sixteen.
12 Jan 2011

Quakers push for army recruitment age to be raised

Britain is now the only European country to recruit 16-year-olds into the army. Quakers in Britain are calling on the government to raise the minimum age to 18.
10 Jan 2011

Fox urged to uphold conscientious objection in Armed Forces Bill

Defence Secretary Liam Fox is being urged to uphold the right of armed forces personnel to be given a discharge if they develop a conscientious objection.