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B593 Military Qualifications Bill

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**A** **BILL** **TO** make provisions for the creation of a commission dedicated to analysing military qualifications and their transferability to the private sector, and to open pathways for military veterans to enter the HM Prison Service and the Police Service. *BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the consent of the Lords Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-* **Section 1: Definitions & Terms** (1) Military Veteran means: Someone who has completed one of the following criteria in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces: (a) Two overseas deployments (b) One overseas combat deployment, (c) 6 years, (d) 4 years if the individual is under the age of 25 at the time of discharge, (e) Or, has suffered a serious armed forces related injury. (2) Military qualification means: A qualification surrounding military skills that is gained in the armed forces as part of training, (3) Able Bodied means: Fitting inside the disability guidelines of the HM Prison service and Police force. **Section 2: Military Qualifications Commission** (1) An Independent Commission will be created by the Ministry of Defence,hereby called the Military Qualifications cCmmission (MQC) (2) The MQC will have the express purpose of investigating (a) The Transferability of military qualifications to the Private sector (b) What can be done to increase this transferability. (3) The MQC will report the findings of Section 2(2), to the Secretary of State for Defence, no later than 1/1/2019 (4) The MQC will be abolished after this date. **Section 3: Fast-track into the Police and HM Prison Service** (1) Any able-bodied Military veteran will be granted immediate access to the next HM Prison Service or Police force basic training. **Section 4: commencement, short title, and Extent** (1) The Act commences 3 months after Royal Assent (2) The act should be referred to as the Military Qualifications Act 2018 (3) This Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.