A fascinating day at Army HQs, Bulford, with the Defence Select Committee. With coronavirus continuing to dominate the news, this was a welcome break. The virus is spreading and the US has now shut the door on Europe, which has caused some anger. The virus is now in more than 100 countries and clearly is presenting a serious threat to our health and the world's economy. While some of the Committee took the train to Andover, I drove from home and met them all at the station. A minibus was waiting and we were whisked to Bulford Camp, where we were met by more generals than I've seen before - even in my military days - and given a coffee. Brief introductions then into the comfortable Waterloo conference room, where name tags identified where we were to sit. The gathering was hosted by the Assistant Chief to the General Staff and other senior staff officers. The meeting was in confidence, so I cannot say too much, except perhaps that we were briefed on the army's lay-out, strength, distribution, cyber capabilities, manning, and of course asks. We worked through lunch, munching sandwiches around this vast conference table. Then we were taken to Salisbury plain to meet soldiers and to view some of the equipment, which included the Challenger main battle tank and the Warrior infantry carrier. An attack was laid on for us, after which we chatted to the soldiers about their different roles. I was mightily impressed. They were all as keen as mustard and all the wonderful military humour was very much on show. As the rain began to bucket down, we all piled back into our minibus for the journey back to the station. We all concluded the visit had been very worthwhile and informative.