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“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“2. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support veterans in Scotland.”

“There is significant variability in the provision of veteran services across the nations. What steps is the Secretary of State taking, alongside his Cabinet colleagues, to ensure parity of services across the nations, and in particular in Scotland?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman set out how many farmers he has spoken to since the Budget and, of those, how many support the Government’s policy?”

“Will the Minister set out how he intends to implement safeguards against China establishing military capabilities and surveillance capacity in the British Indian ocean territories?”

“It is a privilege to speak in this debate, and the way in which the House has conducted itself on both sides of the argument is a credit to this place. I stand here not only as a medical practitioner who worked as a surgeon for about a decade, but also as a healthcare barrister, so I have looked at the debate from both…”

“May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for South Derbyshire (Samantha Niblett) on her excellent maiden speech? Not only will her daughter have been inspired by her words, but so too will countless other young women. I must declare a personal financial interest in relation to independent school fees. I want to st…”

“I have a degree of sympathy with the Minister, who has been asked to substitute in lieu of the Foreign Secretary today, so I will ask him a question of fact. Does he recognise that pursuant to section 23(6) of the International Criminal Court Act 2001, representatives of a non-state party to the Rome statute will remai…”

“I may piggyback my final two questions. How many do you anticipate will have been released by the end of the scheme? Do you think it will be repealed at the end of that 18-month review period?”

“I am a registered barrister with an associate tenancy at No5 Chambers and am on the APPG on access to justice.”

“I want to stay on the topic of SDS40. Can you set out the impact that the scheme has had on the case loads of probation officers?”

“You have touched on the limited preparation time that was had and some of the steps you have taken on accommodation, for example. I wonder whether you could go into a little more granular detail about what steps were undertaken specifically to reduce the risk from those being released.”

“You may or may not have the figures to hand, but in terms of those released under SDS40 compared with those not released under that programme, what percentage had gone through the banking and ID administrator and had been set up to ensure that they had that smoother transition into post-prison life?”

“I am sorry to press you. You say that it is a bit behind in some prisons. Do you have an overall figure of where it sits?”

“Alongside the announcement of SDS40 was the announcement that there would be 1,000 newly trained probation officers by March of next year. Where are we on that? Are we on track for that?”

“As for those released under SDS40, how many have been returned?”

“Do you have a timescale for when you anticipate you will have that data?”

“I probably did not phrase the question as well as I could. At the end of that 18-month period, do you think it will be repealed, or what do you anticipate will be the direction of travel?”