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Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service)

I well understand the hon. Lady’s concern. I mentioned the after-care package in the statement and I am considering the precise elements of the various funds that exist to support those who served in the RUC and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. As the hon. Lady knows better than I, there are several funds, and she mentioned one in particular. I wish to ensure that our after-care package matches that. It may take a different form, because of the different circumstances, but the principles will be the same. That is why I said that the after-care package will be carefully analysed: I do not want to find that we have a discord between two equivalent groups of people who stood together shoulder to shoulder. In many ways, it will best be achieved through the regimental process and letting the Army look after its own. It is the Army family, after all. I take on board the hon. Lady’s point, and if the provision does not meet her requirements, I am sure that she will make her views very strongly known.