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“Sorry for interrupting, but will that be made public?”

“Although I understand that ARAP and ACRS were only meant to be time-limited schemes, why did you choose to close them to new applicants before the super-injunction was lifted?”

“One thing we picked up, which may not be for today but just something to take away, is, as you will have experienced, there are lots of families there who are distressed about their loved ones who are eligible and still stuck in Afghanistan or third countries. They were told they need to go through their MOD caseworker…”

“I have watched this whole sorry saga play out for weeks now. Like the public, I feel let down, disappointed and angry. Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed. That was a fundamental failure of judgment. Matthew Doyle should never have been given a peerage. That was also a failure of judgment. I feel the way t…”

“Sitting suspended for a Division in the House.”

“Order. The sitting is suspended for a Division in the House.”

“The sitting is resumed. The debate may now continue until 4.15 pm. I call Chris Kane.”

“Order. Could the hon. Member reassure me that there are no ongoing legal proceedings in relation to the case he is referring to?”

“On resuming—”

“Order. The debate may now continue until 4.55 pm.”

“Order.”

“Sitting suspended for a Division in the House.”

“On resuming—”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention—possibly one of the nicest interventions I have ever had in this place. I hope that if those children I worked with are listening now, they will know that I have honoured my word to them. It may have taken me a decade and they will now be adults, but I sincerely ho…”

“I genuinely respect my friend the shadow Minister, but seriously, defence was hollowed out in his party’s time in government. Our safety is the primary responsibility of any Government, and more must be spent on our defence. However, that should not come at the expense of pensioners and people with disabilities receivi…”

“A decade ago, I raised the heartbreak that siblings in the care system suffer when they are separated and have no contact with each other. My aim was simply to create parity in legislation, by extending the requirement for a looked-after child’s reasonable contact with their parents to contact with their siblings or ha…”

“Do you know when her report is due?”

“I am sorry to interrupt you, Sam, and I do not want to go around in circles, but would they have access to a computer? We could go on all day, but I am just trying to get to the practicalities. There is clearly something not right; the data does not back up. There is something clearly going awry at the college, because…”

“I do not want to hog any more time, General Walker, but I am not convinced that if something had happened to me of a sexually abusive nature, as a young recruit in that college, I would know where to go and I would have the confidence to go to somebody. Do you not feel that there is a two-tier system compared with othe…”

“I was referring to the Children’s Commissioner, who has statutory rights and would visit any other residential college. I think it would be good if she could visit, because it does look like there is a two-tier system for the military college compared with other residential colleges for children.”