The treatment of women in the military and other issues will be raised by the defence secretary.
led by backbench Conservative MP and former soldier Sarah Atherton on bullying and sexual harassment faced by women in the armed forces.
Mr Wallace will raise the case of Agnes Wanjiru, a Kenyan woman who died in 2012. She was last seen in the company of two British soldiers and Kenyan magistrate Njeri Thuku concluded after an inquest in 2019 that Ms Wanjiru had been murdered by one or two British soldiers. He said the Ministry of Defence had given the names of British soldiers in Kenya at the time nine years ago, but he said the UK was unable to conduct a separate investigation when it fell under Kenya's jurisdiction.delays to the Army's new Ajax Armoured Vehicle programme.
Mr Wallace said: "I've asked [the Army] to make sure about how we're going to deal with the issues ranging from Ajax and the culture in the Army - to some of the discipline issues we've all been seeing recently.An Army spokesperson said the Army board was due to meet Mr Wallace "in order to address several issues which are at the heart of the Army's reputation and capability".
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