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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillHe who waits it all comes to. I was going to answer that point in a minute. The MOD argued two things in that case. First, it argued that the case was out of time, and the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillIf I must.03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillIt does. The Bill’s provisions will also mean that prisoners will have more right to sue the MOJ, for example, than armed forces personnel. The Minister said in Committee, “That’s…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillActually, it was the Minister of State who was dealing with the Al-Sweady inquiry. As I told the Minister in Committee, it was not the Labour party that set up the IHAT committee…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy right hon. Friend the Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) and others have tried to improve this Bill. The Minister is just not listening. He throws cheap shots. I am…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillNo, I am not going to take an intervention. I am sorry; the Minister, both in Committee and tonight, is one thing if one thing only—consistent. He sits there, chunters from a…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Billrose—03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am, and I will come on to part 2 in a minute. The hon. Gentleman has hit on an issue relating to the Government’s approach to this Bill. The Minister is saying that it is…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillIndeed. Time and again, supposed Government witnesses went against the Government. My hon. Friend raises a good point with the example that he has just provided. The other thing…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy hon. Friend says, “Please do,” but I am sure that other Members want to contribute to this debate. Since speaking on Second Reading and in Committee, it has been my aim, and…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillFor the sake of time, I will not speak to every single amendment.03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI like the hon. Member, but he is talking complete nonsense. If he has read the Smith case, which went before the Supreme Court, he will know that combat immunity is completely…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI defer to the hon. Gentleman’s knowledge of Northern Ireland politics, but I will say that this will not be solved by the promise that has been made, that again, is not the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a clear point: do I feel it right that, people in their 70s or 80s, and even younger are worried about this happening? No, I think that is appalling,…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillIt would. That and judicial oversight would improve the Bill tremendously. It would then actually do what it is supposed to do, which is stop reinvestigation and stop the worry…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillBut it really does not matter, because if my hon. Friend wants to see the attitude of the Minister to the Royal British Legion, he has only to read the evidence that came before…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is correct. That came out in evidence that we took throughout the Committee. The issue is not the number of prosecutions but the number of investigations…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillIt is better than he did in Committee when he called me a hypocrite, Madam Deputy Speaker, but if he listens to what I am saying, he will know that I am not saying that. I know…03 Nov 2020HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsThey can’t!02 Nov 2020