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Defence in the United Kingdom

The hon. Gentleman must forgive me, but I will not give way. I assume that he stood on the basis of that manifesto, so perhaps he could explain it to his constituents. We are doing something about the situation. I have a lot of affection for the hon. Member for Monmouth (David T.C. Davies), but he peddled the same old Tory myth about attempts to cause grief among our services through a swathe of prosecutions. He referred to possible Northern Ireland legislation. We touched on that during questions this week, but he should know that the decision to review the 2,000 cases was taken not by the Government but by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It was their decision, not ours. He also expressed concern about terrorism. I do not doubt that his concern is genuine; it is only a pity that he was not in the right Lobby when we were voting on the 90-day provision last week. The hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Hollobone) made a number of points about recruitment that I think I have answered. The hon. Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Ellwood) made an important contribution. He talked about recruitment and I have already touched on that. He also talked about the Bowman project, which we had to sort out because the previous Government had left it in a terrible mess. I do not think that there is much more that I can say to the hon. Member for Blaby, as I have already said most of it. Time is running out, but I would certainly come back to him if there were more time. The Ministry of Defence is determined to provide modern support for our forces. We value our people and we will do whatever is in our power to demonstrate that. The men and women of the armed forces of the British Isles are the finest in the world, and I am sure that the whole House can at least agree on that and join me in congratulating and supporting them.