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Queen's Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (19 Nov 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, I am happy to clarify that point. It is not the case that the Ministry of Defence is overspent because of operations. The operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have been extremely important. It is significant that the money for those operations has come from the Treasury. It is a big commitment. Around £18 billion has come from the Treasury for operations since 2001, on top of the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Fatalities (12 Nov 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...3 September 1976 25 Rhodesia 1 December 1979 to 20 March 1980 5 South Atlantic (Falklands) 2 April 1982 to 12 July 1982 237 Gulf 1 2 August 1990 to 7 March 1991 44 Air Operations Iraq 16 July 1991 to 30 April 2003 5 Cambodia (UN) 1 October 1991 to 30 September 1993 1 Sierra Leone 5 May 2000 to 31 July 2002 5 Afghanistan2 11 September 2001 to present 232...

Territorial Army — Question (29 Oct 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...responsibility for the decisions that were made. The TA has played a very significant role in Afghanistan: 540 TA members are deployed there at the moment, and we have had over 15,000 deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003. So there is no doubt about the contribution that has been made. I think it important to remember that, in all of those discussions, it was made absolutely clear...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Medical Treatment (19 Oct 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...August 2009, the latest three-month period for which validated data are held, there were 344 British army soldiers aeromedically evacuated to the United Kingdom from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Of these 251 were injured. A small number, fewer than five, of British soldiers were aeromedically evacuated from Afghanistan to another country and subsequently transferred to the United...

Afghanistan — Question (13 Jul 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...to countering the problem of IEDs. I mentioned the increase both in the number of helicopters and in flying hours, but we are doing many other things such as deploying RAF Merlins that have been in Iraq and providing more powerful engines to Army Lynxes so that they can operate in that atmosphere.

Afghanistan — Question (13 Jul 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...and holding territory and working with people there. However, I remind the House that the terrorism that most shook people on 9/11 happened long before anyone went into Afghanistan or, indeed, Iraq.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq (7 Jul 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: Our existing Government-to-Government Memorandum of Understanding with Iraq, which took effect on 1 January 2009, authorises the presence and activities of UK troops in Iraq until 31 July 2009. A new agreement for our future defence presence in Iraq, focused on training and maritime support, was signed on 6 June 2009. This agreement is currently being considered by the Iraqi Parliament....

Written Answers — House of Lords: Territorial Army (7 Jul 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) have deployed 29 individuals on operations in support of British Forces since August 1999. They served in Bosnia during August 1999; May 2000 and July 2001; Iraq in Operation TELIC from 2003 to 2007; and in Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK 6 from 2007-08 for up to six months at a time with some individuals deploying twice.

Wellington Barracks — Question (25 Jun 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...of £50 million this year from the Treasury to improve service accommodation. Those funds will allow us to target improvements in accommodation for those returning from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, which I think we would all welcome.

Armed Forces: Severely Wounded Personnel — Question for Short Debate (9 Jun 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...Other points have been raised but there is not time to answer them all. So far as numbers are concerned, the ones that I have are the total of those who have been very seriously and seriously injured in Iraq, which is 222, and in Afghanistan the total figure is 197. That gives some idea of the scale of the problem and the learning curve that has gone on in the recent past. We give...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Iran: Missile Development (8 Jun 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The safety of UK personnel serving overseas is of paramount importance. We constantly monitor the threats faced by our personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf to ensure that they have the necessary protection to operate effectively in the environments in which they serve.

World War I: Veterans — Question (12 May 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, a lot of work has been done recently, because of recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, to understand the needs of those who have been injured or who have served on operations. The service Command Paper that was published last year, and improvements in healthcare and the rights of former servicemen, take that situation a lot further, and there have been significant improvements....

Armed Forces — Question (5 May 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, at the last formal meeting issues such as Iraq and Afghanistan were discussed, as were certain issues such as the service command paper, which is of great importance to the individual chiefs of staff and the equipment examination. There were opportunities at that formal meeting for those discussions, but there are also many other opportunities for those working in the operational...

Armed Forces — Question (5 May 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ..., we have laid out the spending plans very clearly, and I am very pleased with the support that the MoD has had from the Treasury. As I mentioned earlier, all the operational costs associated with Iraq and Afghanistan have come from the reserve, not the MoD budget.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq: NAPS Tablets (5 May 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...used in the Gulf in 1990-91. The MoD also funds the Kings Centre for Military Health Research which looks at the health issues for service people and veterans including those that have served in Iraq.

Armed Forces — Debate (30 Apr 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...the House, having admired her resolution and determination during my presence here. As has been said, this is a very appropriate time to have a debate on defence. Mention has been made of events in Iraq, quite rightly, but there are also some anniversaries which we might perhaps take a moment to recall. Some of your Lordships may recall that it is 40 years to the day since HMS "Resolution"...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Department for International Development: DEL (23 Mar 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The tri-departmental Stabilisation Aid Fund (SAF) seeks to manage numerous projects, across a broad range of strands, in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Money transferred at parliamentary estimates reflects latest forecast expenditure by departments, based on judgments made in theatre on the likelihood of spend in-year and in accordance with priorities set by the tri-departmental programme board....

Binyam Mohamed — Question (17 Mar 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...in this House, on 26 February 2009, which outlined the results of a Ministry of Defence review of the records of detentions resulting from security operations carried out by the UK Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Beyond that, it is the long-standing policy of the Government not to comment on intelligence matters.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Defence Deficit (12 Mar 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...over the longer term. Outside the core defence budget, the costs of urgent operational requirements (UORs) are met by the reserve. More than £4.2 billion has been approved on emerging UORs for Iraq and Afghanistan since operations began. Furthermore, the Secretary of State for Defence announced on 29 October 2008 more than £700 million for an extra 700 vehicles, including a...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Human Rights (26 Jan 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...responsibility to comply with requests from the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg very seriously. However, after 31 December 2008 the UK had no legal power to detain any individuals in Iraq and there was therefore no lawful option other than to transfer Mr Al-Saadoon and Mr Mufdhi to the Iraqi authorities. The Government therefore took the view that, exceptionally, they could...