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Written Answers — Home Department: Licensing Laws (12 Nov 2009)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for licences by a person who had previously held a licence were refused in each of the last three years because he or she had served alcohol to a person who was inebriated.

Written Answers — Leader of the House: Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (5 Nov 2009)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Leader of the House pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 647W, on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the schedule for the establishment of a Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy; when she expects the Committee to first meet; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Death (5 Nov 2009)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributed to (a) horse riding and (b) ecstasy were recorded in the last 10 years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Gray Report (2 Nov 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: Page 38 of Bernard Gray's report says that "between £1 billion and £2.2 billion is being lost each year as a result of the failure to control this overheated equipment programme". Does the Minister agree?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Nimrod Review (28 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: As I listened to the Secretary of State's words and read about the tick-box culture, I thought that he was genuinely sorry. However, I thought that he and, perhaps, all of us have no understanding of the massive job that we face in changing the culture not just of the Ministry of Defence, but of the country. In that respect, I was very pleased to see the Leader of the Opposition in his place,...

Written Answers — Defence: Defence Board (26 Oct 2009)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), who the members of the new sub-committee of the Defence Board are; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Defence: Procurement (26 Oct 2009)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), what arrangements he plans to make to provide greater visibility of project management costs in the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation to the Capability Sponsor in head office; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Defence: Defence: Procurement (26 Oct 2009)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), what steps he plans to take (a) to improve the way in which projects in the equipment plan are costed, (b) to use better and more sophisticated techniques applied more consistently and (c) to ensure that...

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Training (26 Oct 2009)

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), what steps he plans to take to accelerate the improvement of key skills in (a) the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation and (b) his Department's head office; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Defence Acquisition (Independent Review) (19 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: This excellent report sets out a state of affairs that, as the Secretary of State rightly says, is not new, but it may have led to events such as the Nimrod crash of 2 September 2006. When will we see the report on that? Now that Bernard Gray's 10-year rolling budget has apparently become a 10-year indicative planning horizon, we should at least be thankful that the Secretary of State has...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: Yesterday the moving roll call read out by the Prime Minister of those who have died in Afghanistan over the last few months held the attention of the country, and I hope that the poignant letter read out by the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) about the death of Kyle Adams did the same. These are men and women who will be honoured for ever. I hope that we shall also be able to...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: I must confess that my daughter is at Bristol university, and I shall instruct her to pay due respect to the colonel.

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: My daughter concluded her message by asking me whether I think she should continue with it. I hope she is watching this debate, and if she is I can tell her—I have never communicated with my family in this way before—that I very much hope that she will, because it is one of the best things anyone can possibly do. To the Government, however, I communicate the following: to take the...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: I agree that any party that aspires to be in government should follow all the recommendations on the need to have a strategic defence review. Such a review should take into account precisely the sort of things that the hon. Gentleman mentions. I am sure that he has his press release by now and does not need any further quotations from this debate —[Interruption.] I return to the theme...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: I shall certainly give way to an excellent member of the Defence Committee.

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: Yes, I did get that impression of thoughtfulness. Given the importance of the issue of Afghanistan and Pakistan—I put those both together, despite what the hon. Member for Newport, West said—I do not object to those in the United States doing their utmost to get these decisions right. Yes, we need to do this as speedily as possible, but the key thing is that we need to get it...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: Bullets and billets, yes. The result of that is that these are the only people who, as a result of Government policy, face the risk of substandard housing because they have the discipline and commitment to fight for their country. There is something intrinsically morally wrong with that. I pose that problem without, I am afraid, being able to suggest a particular answer. I do not know what...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

James Arbuthnot: What does the second condition—that there should be an agreed approach to burden sharing within the coalition—actually mean? We have been there for the past eight years and have not achieved such an agreement. Why does the Secretary of State think that we might get one in the foreseeable future—that is, in months or years?