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Ministry of Defence

Actually, I am the Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. The hon. Gentleman had better not forget Rhymney, or the people there will be over the hill with blue faces and pointed sticks. Tribalism is something that I know about. I was not dodging the issue and would be only too happy to debate it with the hon. Gentleman. He is right that it is the key to the whole exercise and I hope that the interdepartmental drug unit and the joined-up approach between various Departments will address some of that. The task is not solely military—in that sense, he is correct—and those relationships are one of the issues that the Defence Committee is considering. He will understand and, I hope, agree that the Afghan people wish to see such relationships, as all the polling suggests.