Back to the Commons after the Christmas break. A busy and long day. First up was Defence Questions and the potential mothballing of two HM ships, Albion and Bulwark, was very much on my mind. I managed to raise the issue during the first question and my concern and the reply I received are on the website. The two ships are a vital resource for the Royal Marines (RM), not least because of the landing craft they carry. I could only imagine how angry the RMs are that once again the MOD is looking at this issue when the previous Defence Secretary confirmed the ships were safe. No doubt, there will more on this in the future. The afternoon then consisted of one UQ and several Statements, which ran almost to 2100. The Second Reading of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill had to be postponed, which was frustrating as I had wanted to speak in the debate. Next time. For the Statement on 'Horizon: compensation and convictions', the Chamber was packed as MPs rose to speak up for their post masters who'd been wrongly convicted of fraud and theft which we now know was due to an IT glitch. I sat in on this for a large part of the session as the petroleum bill debate was due to follow, but did not for the reason I have explained. There were calls for Post Office boss Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE, with the PM strongly supporting an investigation into whether this could be done. The scandal saw more than 700 Post Office staff wrongly convicted of fraud and theft. An outrage. In other news, German legend Franz Beckenbauer, widely regarded as one of football's greatest players, died aged 78. And actor Idris Elba urged the government to "disrupt the distribution line of knives" after launching a campaign petitioning the immediate ban of machetes and so-called zombie blades.