robert halford has quit as skills, apprenticeship, and higher education minister. the outgoing mp has stepd down as armed forces minister. both will stand down as mp in the next election. let's speak to our political correspondent who is in westminster. what does this meafor rishi sunak? >> ordinarily when you lose two ministers, it is cause for concern. don't think that is the case this evening. he already said he was going to step down at the general election, due by the end of the year. robert houston, a bit of surprise. he decided he wanted to stand down at the general election. he also decided he wanted to resign that post. both of these individuals made it clear they are fully supportive of the prime minister, rishi sunak, and his program for government. no sense here of resignations because of disagreements or on anything really. this brings the number of concerns for mps who standdown to 63. not necessarily out of the ordinary, given the last general election, 2019, 5 years ago. this happens before general elections. there's been a sign that some of them lo