Will Pike is a young man in his late twenties. He is in a wheelchair and will be for the rest of his life. He was injured in the Mumbai terrorist attacks – and his story is in the Observer today because Will is campaigning for British victims of terrorism abroad to be given the same support and compensation as they would get if they had been injured here.

Will isn’t just doing this for himself. He is the worst injured of those hurt in Mumbai – but there are many others.

I have written to Gordon Brown to point out that we have a moral obligation to our citizens – wherever in the world they come under attack. I have asked for a meeting for Nigel (Will’s father), Will himself and me.

Let’s hope he doesn’t fail to respond! Perhaps he will have learned his lesson the hard way from not responding to Joanna Lumley – warrior head-mistress!