The meeting held on the 9th March 2010 at Portcullis House was organised by Action for Armed Forces. I would like to thank them for their invite and allowing me to address those minister present.
Dr Liam Fox and members of his defence team have already tabled several questions. Please see them below.
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been discharged from each of the armed forces for alcohol abuse since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
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Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compulsory drug tests for each substance were failed in each of the armed services since 2001.
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Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of personnel of each of the armed forces were administratively discharged in each year since 2001.
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Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were discharged from each of the armed forces on grounds of mental illness under each international classification of diseases code in each year since 2001.
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Mental Health figures are being diluted by the use of the admin discharge system or the dishonourably discharged route. The number of service personnel using drugs has increased since Iraq and Afgan. We believe the reasons could be to self medicate their mental illness caused by conflict. The same could be said for alcohol abuse and aggressive outburst or aggressive actions.
Nick Harvey
The LibDems Defence Minister was also able to see Rob Paxman and myself at short notice. I would like to thank Monica for arranging the meeting for us. Nick is also waiting for several tabled questions to be replied too. He has also tabling several more to gain more information about the true figures of those with mental health problems within the Armed Forces.
Regards
Nick OCC
P.S I do smile but got caught adjusting my position after a spasm in the back and leg...Give me stronger tablets...!
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