Agenda item

To note the Forward Plan.

The Committee noted the forward plan.

The meeting noted that the City of London Corporation (CoLC) has signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant and that the Royal Hospital Chelsea undertakes outreach work that focusses on military veterans. 

The meeting discussed whether there was merit in asking for a document to be submitted to the Committee on the health and social care of military veterans, and heard that there did not appear to be any “disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services” (as per the Covenant’s first principle), also noting that during the 2023-24 period fewer than five UK military veterans were recorded as rough sleepers out of approximately 650. 

The Committee agreed to remove the military veterans item from the Forward Plan.