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To his point, of course the Veterans Minister, as the responsible Minister, will look at how all this is working and the interaction between them all. I am sure that the various veterans’ commissioners, in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, will regularly be in contact with each other. That interaction would have the Government’s support, but we do not believe that it is necessary to specify in the legislation the specific stakeholder engagement that should be undertaken by the commissioner. I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Browne, has heard my point about the importance of that interaction in ensuring that their views are taken into account.