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That is what sets allegations from Northern Ireland—from the troubles—apart from recent allegations relating to Afghanistan that are being tested in the Haddon-Cave inquiry. The Haddon-Cave inquiry is investigating allegations from 2010 to 2013, but those allegations pertain to a time when the law was the same as it is today; the same human rights duties existed, and the same investigative standards were extant. That is quite different from the situation we face with Northern Ireland veterans, and incidents that happened during the troubles, in the 1970s and 1980s, or even beyond. In the case of Afghanistan and the Haddon-Cave inquiry, nobody is being judged by rules that did not exist when they served; the Northern Ireland veterans are in quite a different position. I want to put that point on the record, because in discussions in the media and even in this House, those two inquiries are often conflated, and I think they are quite separate.