Another extraordinary day, ending with a further boost to the economy - a £330 billion boost, to be exact! After a routine morning, if such a thing exists right now, I entered the Chamber at 1220 in time for a Statement by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Mr Raab is a cool customer and not one to flap. He told a packed Chamber what the FCO was up to, not least dealing with UK citizens abroad, some of whom are stuck in countries like Peru. I caught the Speaker's eye, to ask what schools should do to reclaim monies spent on pre-planned holidays for their students. There are concerns that, unless the FCO specifically restricts travel to a country, the travel companies themselves will not pay out and insurers are not being helpful, either. My question and the answer I received is on the website. I had to leave to attend our Defence Select Committee, which was taking evidence in the Wilson Room. The two men giving evidence were Lord Ricketts, a former National Security Adviser and former Ambassador to France, and Lord Stirrup, the former Chief of Defence Staff. Both are eminent men in their fields and highly respected and experienced. The two-hour session was in public, so if you want to hear and see more you need to go to Parliament TV (https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/328b5bee-268a-410b-8a06-2b1349c91f53). It was a fascinating session, with both men saying that a military review must be accompanied by a financial one. The two are interlinked. Meanwhile, the final day of the Budget debate continued in the Chamber. That ended with no votes at 1900. Chancellor Rishi Sunak then rose to make a Statement on the Government's latest plans on keeping the economy afloat. Unfortunately, the Chancellor had already released all the information at a press conference a short time before, which did not please the Speaker as Statements are not usually allowed so late in the day, and the Government had implied it would tell the news to the Commons first. So, rocket over, and apology made, the Chancellor began. The sums of money he spoke of are truly eye-watering. £330 billion (15 per cent of our GDP) of government-backed loans and guarantees to business, tax cuts for business to the tune of £20 billion and a three month mortgage holiday for those in difficulty. He also said the NHS would continue to get whatever it wanted. The Chancellor's Statement is on the website. So ended another day in unchartered waters. Goodness knows where all this will lead us and for how much longer this virus will continue to devastate the economy, quite apart from people's lives. All I do know is that this whole sage is a game-changer and, when we come out the other side, we are going to have think very carefully on any lessons we may have learnt.