Up early and into the park for a run. Routine matters in the office, before meeting General Sir Rupert Smith, a most distinguished and decorate former soldier, who is now chairman of the charity The Airborne Initiative. More detail on what it is, does and how it was founded can be found in the speech I made later in the day in Westminster Hall and is on my website separately. After an interesting lunch, we went to Central Lobby and met Buffy Sacher, who sits on the charity's committee, and Keith Potter, a prison officer from YOI Feltham, who is of two officers there who runs this course. The idea in its simplest form, is for young prisoners to be taken to Dartmoor for five days where they are put through their paces. The aim is to cut re-offending and there is emerging evidence that the project does work. My aim today during my 90 minute WH debate was to impress on the Government the benefit of this initiative and to get them to support its roll out. Rory Stewart, a most able minister, was answering for the Government and he was immensely helpful, kindly meeting our assembled team after the debate. After saying my farewells, it was straight to Sajid Javid's office to lobby hard for more money for local government. There's a debate next week on both police and local govn funding and I will do all I can to try and relieve the pressure on our councils. Left the House after 1900 and down to Dorset.