Armed Forces Bill

I, too, visited the Coldstream Guards, and undertook other such visits relating to the Bill with the hon. Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth). In my four visits to Iraq and on the various visits that I undertook with the Select Committee, I did not come across anyone—be it an infantry person or someone in a more senior position—who said that they were risk-averse in the way that has been described. Unfortunately, even when evidence is put before the hon. Gentleman, he cannot come to terms with it.