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James Sunderland, Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Home Office, writes on the issue of shoplifting for The House Magazine.

Over the past three months, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Veterans has been running an unprecedented nationwide survey on the experiences of our ex-servicemen and women when claiming compensation, war pensions or wider financial support through Veterans UK.

Few chancellors of the exchequer will have arrived at No 11 with quite as daunting an in-tray as Jeremy Hunt did last month.

James Sunderland writes for ConservativeHome.

This week, the USA is hosting the Seventh Replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Among all the bold policy promises of the leadership campaign, it is curious that “Conservatism” itself has barely attracted more than fleeting interest.

At a remarkable event on 05th June 2019, the world came to Portsmouth for the D Day 75 Commemorations.  In what hardly seems two summers ago, this proved to a very special remembrance occasion and one that I will not forget.

I write this on the train as I head into Westminster. Now that the dust has settled after the evacuation of British nationals and entitled personnel from Afghanistan, I wanted to provide some form of perspective as someone who has spent much of his working life dealing with that troubled country and to commend those from the FCDO and MOD for their hard work.

I write this on a beautiful day of sunshine and ambient heat.  Summer is thankfully now here after weeks of poor weather and I am certainly looking forward to spending more time outdoors.

I write this on the early morning train into Westminster.  Even at this ungodly hour, I am surprised by how many more people appear to be commuting into London, how much busier the trains are and the efforts that everyone is consciously making to ensure social distancing throughout the carriage.