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Armed Forces Bill

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the very helpful response to both questions that I raised. I take his assurances for my first two amendments on advice. I would welcome some clarification in writing perhaps about the question of relative rank, because I have not quite got my head around that yet. We have had a useful exchange on performance-enhancement drugs. I accept that we are looking at an uncertain future, and the noble Lord has given some assurances about how these drugs will be handled. The only thing that concerned me slightly was that he appeared to want to lump performance-enhancing drugs into the same category as those that either cure illness or prevent infection and the like. There are wider arguments, but this Bill is not the place for them. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 22 and 23 not moved.] Clause 24 [Damage to or loss of public or service property]: [Amendment No. 24 not moved.] Clause 31 [Hazarding of ship]: [Amendment No. 25 not moved.] Clause 32 [Giving false air signals etc]: [Amendment No. 26 not moved.] Clause 36 [Inaccurate certification]: