Up early and out into the park in glorious sunshine. Once in the House, my first meeting was in Mark Francois' office to discuss the on-going disgrace of seeing our veterans hounded for alleged offences committed sometimes decades ago. Mark has asked a special adviser from the Northern Ireland Office to attend and he, along with a colleague of his, went through the sorry history and what the Government was intending to put out to consultation in an attempt to resolve the problem. The meeting was in private, so I really cannot say too much, other than to stress there are many of us in the House who want this matter resolved once and for all. We shall continue to lobby Government. A working lunch and a regular meeting with my Whip followed. In the afternoon, it was more constituency matters. A general debate on serious violence meant we dropped to a one-line Whip early in the afternoon.