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Armed Forces Bill

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response. I now find myself somewhat confused about what this new post will do, which is part of the problem. There seems to be a reluctance to define the post in any great detail. The Minister has raised the issue of the independent member of the service complaints panel, yet when we discussed that a moment ago, that was something that would be invoked only when the Secretary of State saw fit. On these Benches there is a real concern that we may find that all the recommendations of Nicholas Blake after Deepcut fall between two systems, neither of which has been fully implemented. I turn to the suggestion of the noble Lord, Lord Astor of Hever, that Clause 366 says everything necessary—I think he was indicating that. In that case, we differ because it is a very sparse clause and just says that the Service Complaints Commissioner exists. I take seriously the Minister’s concerns about particular aspects of the schedule that we are offering in Amendment No. 72. I shall reconsider that, but we have not finished the debate on whether we have a clear view through the Bill on what the Service Complaints Commissioner will be able to do and whether that will meet the requirements of Blake. For now, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 339 [Reports by Commissioner on system for dealing with service complaints etc]: [Amendment No. 67 not moved.]