Member

It angers me when those servicemen are dragged through the courts as part of a rewriting of the history of the troubles that makes the terrorists look like the victims and the soldiers look like terrorists. I see that the hon. Member for Birmingham Selly Oak (Al Carns) is in his place. He deserves credit for whatever role he played in holding back the worst provisions of the legacy legislation, and I hope that his departure from his role in the Ministry of Defence does not give the Government the opportunity to roll over to the Northern Ireland Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin, and enact legislation that will punish the servicemen who served in Northern Ireland.