Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Ivor Caplin (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence; Hove, Labour)
No one could be more fitting, Major Swayne.
I know that, as a senior member of the all-party group on ageing and older people, you have a considerable interest in pensions, Mr. O'Brien, and that you have also taken an interest in pensions affairs in the House. I notice that in 1995 you opposed the merger of the 8th Battalion, the Light Infantry, heir to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, with the Royal Armoured Corps, as a constituency issue, so you also take an interest in defence affairs. It took some time to discover that.
I should like to thank the hon. Members for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth) and for South-East Cornwall (Mr. Breed) for their co-operation in putting together the programme of dates.