Mr Sunak inspected soldiers from Falklands Platoon, Parachute Regiment, as they passed out ... introduced to the regimental mascot – he gave Pegasus V, a Shetland pony, a stroke on the nose.

Mr Francois later raised a point of order to say Mr Cartlidge had “inadvertently, I’m sure, just misled the House of Commons”, noting: “Pegasus ... left for the Parachute Regiment to ...

Army bosses at Merville Barracks, in Circular Road South, are currently building a statue to mark this year’s 25th anniversary of airborne forces ...