Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, Mr. Rutter, for meeting with us and sharing the perspective from England and the U.K.
I have a couple of questions, one related specifically to a statement you made in relation to the service charities. I loved your phrase “beyond the statutory services”. I was involved in creating here in Canada sort of the equivalent to Help for Heroes, called the True Patriot Love Foundation.
My question for you is this. In that service charity space, we have noticed that it's very difficult sometimes for these well-intentioned and disparate groups across the country—some large, some small—to coordinate and prioritize needs so there is not overlap and it's not more complicated to work with NHS or government equivalents.
How has the experience been in the U.K.? You're saying that it's critical to provide that added level of service excellence to our veterans, but how do you coordinate the groups and government?