John Healey: The House will appreciate the Minister wanting to respond to this question himself. He saw two tours in Afghanistan and I know that more than 50 from his regiment were among the 454 British personnel who lost their lives there. We honour their service and their sacrifice. There certainly have been some gains in governance, economic development, rights for women, education for girls and in...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Army recruits have been enlisted from each region since 2010.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Army recruits have been enlisted from each parliamentary constituency since 2010.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces recruits have enlisted from each parliamentary consistency since 2010.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces recruits have been enlisted from each region of the UK since 2010.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is planning to not announce the headquarters of the national cyber force during local government election purdah.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department approved the recommendation, as set out in the Capita review of fire risks at Faslane and Coulport naval bases, to reduce fire response services crew by 15 per cent, and if he will place a copy of that report in the Library.
John Healey: I beg to move, That this House notes the Prime Minister’s 2019 election pledge that his Government would not cut the Armed Services in any form; further notes with concern the threat assessment in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, that threats from other states to the UK and its allies are growing and diversifying; calls on the Government to rethink...
John Healey: Sadly we are nowhere near another election at this point. We are at this stage in the parliamentary cycle with these plans on the table, and our interest is in the Government getting this right. The decisions taken now will set the shape of our defence forces for the next 10 years. The decisions taken now will be the framework with which a future Labour Government, after the next election,...
John Healey: I would, but my right hon. Friend has just done so for me; I am pleased that it is on the record.
John Healey: I will give way one more time, but then—conscious that nearly 40 Back-Bench Members wish to speak—I will make some progress.
John Healey: My right hon. Friend is right, of course. There has been an £8 billion real-terms cut to the defence budget since 2010. That is part of the reason that we have seen 45,000 full-time forces cut over the last decade. I will return to some of those points. For now, I want to make this point: we can destroy enemy forces with technology, but we cannot seize and hold ground without troops. Drones...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2021 to Question HL12641 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, in which local authority areas the 3,800 chargepoints funded by the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme have been installed; and how many of the potential 7,200 charging device installations have been funded from his Department’s doubling...
John Healey: On this day, when we mark a full year since the country first went into lockdown, may I use this statement to pay tribute to the men and women of the armed forces, who have done so much to help the country through this pandemic? I also pay tribute to the men and women who work in our UK defence sector. They, too, responded rapidly, making personal protective equipment and ventilators, and...
John Healey: I thank the Secretary of State for an advance copy of his statement and an advance copy of the White Paper a little earlier, although I believe, Mr Speaker, that the House will share my dismay that so much of the content of the White Paper has been given in advance to the media over the past week, despite your warning to the House and to the Defence Secretary last Monday. Our forces deserve...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2021 to Question 143686, what further progress has been made on establishing a unit to ensure that his Department secures value for money from the defence spending settlement.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2021 to Question 143687 Ministry of Defence: Cost Effectiveness and the Prime Minister's statement of 19 November 2020 on the Integrated Review, Official report, column 499, what powers the unit will have to ensure value for money of his Department's expenditure.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2021 to Question 143688 and the Prime Minister's statement of 19 November 2020 , Official Report, column 499, how much funding from the public purse will be allocated to the unit for ensuring value for money from his Department's expenditure.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2021 to Question 143689 and the Prime Minister's statement of 19 November 2020, Official report, column 499, how many staff will be employed by the unit that will ensure value for money for his Department's expenditure.