his pets. he goes on to say, i made it clear that the time we were not going to put pets before people and is the actions show, he left last and his workforce had to leave after the evacuation was concluded by other means. it finishes by saying the evacuation was a ministry of defence led operation supported by processing of the home office and foreign office. the idea that a deaf minister and his officials had any authority or responsibility is ludicrous but i am aware of false claims made that led to considerable distress and distraction to those trying to save lives and very difficult circumstances. —— the idea that a defra minister. ben wallace taking issue with the claims being made that the prime minister had authorised that evacuation. the scottish government has today offered its sincere sympathies to thousands women who say they were forced to give up their new born babies for adoption because they were not married.