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Armed Forces Bill

The hon. Gentleman is right. I am sure that his remarks are borne out by the hours of evidence that he took in the Armed Forces Bill Committee and in the Defence Committee. We have had that explained to us time and again. The Minister of State, who is in his place, has a lot of credit coming his way for genuinely believing—I am sure that his new boss and the former Secretary of State share the same view—that the duty of care is to our serving personnel and to their families, as well as to the victims of crimes that are perpetrated by members of the armed forces. It is not an exclusive club whereby the military only look after their own—their duty of care goes way beyond that. That is what this clause of this much-needed Bill gets to the heart of, and the House should not be prevailed upon to go along with voting against its standing part.