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Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the initial operating capability is of the Martlet surface to air missile system.
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has contracted a vessel to help recover the F-35B aircraft that was recently ditched in the Mediterranean Sea.
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost incurred to the public purse, including support costs, has been of the recent ditching of the F-35B aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea.
Mark Francois: May I refer the Chairman to paragraph 58 on page 19 of the report? I take the point he has made very clearly that these are proposals for consultation and could be changed. However, the paragraph says: “We therefore support the addition to the Code of a rule similar to those adopted by the Welsh Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly, making it an investigable breach of the Code for a...
Mark Francois: The Leader of the House gave us the business until 13 December, but the House rises on 16 December, so we still have three unallocated days. After four years, two general election manifestos and a pledge in a national newspaper hand-signed by the Prime Minister, still we have not introduced the much-delayed legislation to end the cycle of endless investigations against Northern Ireland...
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 12 of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report on Major Projects 2020-21 and its grading of the Crowsnest Programme as red, what assessment he has made of the viability of the Crowsnest AEW system.
...Duddridge David Duguid Iain Duncan Smith Philip Dunne Ruth Edwards Tobias Ellwood Natalie Elphicke George Eustice Luke Evans Ben Everitt Michael Fabricant Laura Farris Simon Fell Katherine Fletcher Mark Fletcher Nicholas Fletcher Vicky Ford Kevin Foster Mark Francois Lucy Frazer George Freeman Mike Freer Marcus Fysh Roger Gale Mark Garnier Nick Gibb Peter Gibson Jo Gideon John Glen Robert...
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the F-35B aircraft recently ditched in the Mediterranean Sea was insured.
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to close the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Canada.
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often the Crowsnest AEW system was flown during the recent CGS21 deployment.
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Crowsnest AEW system during the recent CG21 deployment.
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the pilot who recently ejected from the F-35B aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea was from the Royal Air Force or the Fleet Air Arm.
Mark Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stores were being carried by the F-35B aircraft that was recently ditched in the Mediterranean Sea.
...Kaur Gill Patrick Grady Peter Grant Kate Green Sarah Green Margaret Greenwood Nia Griffith Andrew Gwynne Louise Haigh Fabian Hamilton Claire Hanna Emma Hardy Carolyn Harris Helen Hayes John Healey Mark Hendrick Drew Hendry Meg Hillier Wera Hobhouse Sharon Hodgson Kate Hollern Rachel Hopkins Stewart Hosie George Howarth Imran Hussain Christine Jardine Diana R. Johnson Kim Johnson Darren...
...Tan Dhesi Caroline Dinenage Sarah Dines Leo Docherty Anneliese Dodds Michelle Donelan Steve Double Stephen Doughty Peter Dowd Oliver Dowden Flick Drummond Philip Dunne Angela Eagle Maria Eagle Mark Eastwood Ruth Edwards Clive Efford Julie Elliott Michael Ellis Tobias Ellwood Chris Elmore Natalie Elphicke Florence Eshalomi George Eustice Chris Evans Luke Evans David Evennett Ben Everitt...
Mark Francois: The British Army cannot fight without effective kit, but the Public Accounts Committee has declared the MOD’s procurement system “broken”, which it is, and has described the General Dynamics Ajax programme as a catastrophe. The next debacle is the Morpheus programme to replace Bowman, which also has General Dynamics effectively in the lead, and is horribly late and going round in...
...Grant Kate Green Sarah Green Lilian Greenwood Margaret Greenwood Nia Griffith Andrew Gwynne Louise Haigh Fabian Hamilton Claire Hanna Neale Hanvey Emma Hardy Carolyn Harris Helen Hayes John Healey Mark Hendrick Drew Hendry Meg Hillier Wera Hobhouse Sharon Hodgson Kate Hollern Rachel Hopkins Stewart Hosie George Howarth Rupa Huq Christine Jardine Dan Jarvis Diana R. Johnson Kim Johnson...
...Dinenage Sarah Dines Jonathan Djanogly Leo Docherty Michelle Donelan Steve Double Oliver Dowden Jackie Doyle-Price Flick Drummond James Duddridge David Duguid Iain Duncan Smith Philip Dunne Mark Eastwood Ruth Edwards Michael Ellis Natalie Elphicke George Eustice Luke Evans Ben Everitt Michael Fabricant Laura Farris Katherine Fletcher Mark Fletcher Nicholas Fletcher Vicky Ford Kevin Foster...
Mark Francois: A fortnight ago, the all-party Public Accounts Committee published the most damning report it has ever produced on MOD procurement, including helicopter procurement. The report concluded: “To meet the aspirations of the Integrated Review, the Department’s broken system for acquiring military equipment needs an urgent rethink, led by HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office.” Given that not...
Mark Francois: Hello, it’s me again. I will gladly take the Secretary of State up on his offer of a meeting about procurement, but there is an old Army saying: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This is broke—it is official. This is the worst report on MOD procurement in living memory, Ben. We both know it is, so can we please do something about it and put it right?