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Coastguard Service

The hon. Gentleman will have to bear with me because I have two minutes left. We should not sit back and, on behalf of our constituents, say that we think all stations can stay open and that everything is fine. I know that the previous Government looked at the matter because it was on the table when I was appointed. My hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick)—I call him my hon. Friend because we have been friends for many years—has been sensible and this has been quite a sensible debate. What worries me is that, when hon. Members go home, they will say to their local papers tonight—I have seen such things in the papers that land on my desk in the morning—that lives are at risk and are going to be lost. The headlines will be : ““Cuts to your service,”” ““Cuts to the frontline,”” ““Cuts to this.”” That is not going to happen. There will be job losses. Some will be voluntary and some will be compulsory.