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Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Afghanistan: Armed Conflict (5 Mar 2021)

Nigel Adams: ...the NATO coalition. There are around 750 UK troops in Afghanistan as part of NATO's mission to train, advise and assist Afghan forces. British military personnel act as advisors to Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) and lead the Kabul Security Force, which protects and enables NATO advisers, improving security in the capital. The UK will continue to help sustain the ANDSF,...

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Tigray: Sexual Offences (5 Mar 2021)

James Duddridge: ...law compliance. We note that the Government of Ethiopia has declared a zero policy on sexual violence and the stated intention to establish a national joint taskforce (including the Ministry of Defence with the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth) to investigate alleged cases of sexual violence against women in Tigray. We will monitor the effectiveness of this taskforce in bringing...

British Council and the Integrated Review (4 Mar 2021)

Nigel Adams: ...review. The Government want our foreign policy to deliver for the British people and to be rooted firmly in our national interests, which is why the commitment to deliver a review of foreign, defence, security and development policy was announced in the Queen’s Speech in December 2019. The integrated review will define the Government’s ambition for the UK’s role in the world and the...

Income Tax (Charge) (4 Mar 2021)

Jackie Doyle-Price: It was a real pity that the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) was cut off in his prime earlier as he was embarking on a very good defence of our pharmacy sector and its contribution, and I want to associate myself with his comments. There is a real issue with regard to the moneys advanced to pharmacies to deal with the consequences of the pandemic; it now needs to be clawed back and that...

Covid-19 Update - Statement (4 Mar 2021)

Lord Winston: ...this virus will have replicated, leading to millions of copies. Some copies will be imperfect, the so-called variants. Time is of the essence. The risk of dangerous new variants to which we have no defence is eventually likely to be inevitable. Will the Government now answer the question that has been repeatedly asked both in this House and in the other place since Christmas: as the red...

Counter-Daesh Update (4 Mar 2021)

Lisa Nandy: ...the steps that have been taken and that he has laid out today, but, with so much Government policy currently under review in terms of the future of our armed forces, foreign policy, security, defence and aid, we must hear far more about our future focused commitments to defeat Daesh.

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Tigray: Sexual Offences (4 Mar 2021)

James Duddridge: ...law compliance. We note that the Government of Ethiopia has declared a zero policy on sexual violence and the stated intention to establish a national joint taskforce (including the Ministry of Defence with the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth) to investigate alleged cases of sexual violence against women in Tigray. We will monitor the effectiveness of this taskforce in bringing...

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Defences (4 Mar 2021)

Rebecca Pow: ...to deliver 2,000 flood schemes, protecting 336,000 properties from flooding. Alongside this programme, a further £170 million will be invested to accelerate work on 22 shovel-ready projects for defence schemes, and construction on these will begin from March 2022.

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence (4 Mar 2021)

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Army: North East (4 Mar 2021)

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the size of the Army on employment in the North East.

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: A400M Aircraft and Hercules Aircraft (4 Mar 2021)

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 157035, what estimate he has made of the cost of upgrading the A400M to undertake the roles and duties of C-130J fleet.

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Overseas Workers (4 Mar 2021)

Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence People and Veterans of 15 December 2020, Official Report, column 75WH, how many and what proportion of Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff affected by recent changes to contracts of employment have (a) remained in the EU and (b) launched grievances against those changes; and if he...

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Armed Forces: Coronavirus (4 Mar 2021)

Conor McGinn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of food served in military barracks to armed forces personnel in self-isolation.

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Aircraft Carriers: Early Warning Systems (4 Mar 2021)

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 154817, when Crowsnest will be fully operational.

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Question (4 Mar 2021)

Rebecca Pow: This Government sees nature-based solutions playing an increasing role in our effort to reduce flood risk, alongside traditional flood defences, in our £5.2 billion capital flood defence programme as well as through the £200 million innovation programme. These will run for the next six years. In addition, the Government’s ongoing investment in the environment, such as the Nature for...

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence (4 Mar 2021)

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: China: Military Equipment (4 Mar 2021)

Lord Tunnicliffe: To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what, items of second-hand Chinese equipment have been purchased by the Ministry of Defence in each year since 2015.

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Army: Deployment (4 Mar 2021)

Baroness Goldie: I refer the noble Lord to the previous replies given by my noble friend the right hon Earl Howe (Minister of State, Ministry of Defence) to question HL5012 answered on 6 February 2017 and Oral question (volume 794, column 2118) answered on 8 January 2019. The Army continues to have a sophisticated exercise programme in place to ensure that it is trained and ready to operate at the divisional...

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Armed Forces: Cadets (4 Mar 2021)

Baroness Goldie: ...across the UK, many in less affluent areas, they reflect the communities in which they are located. The increase in the number of cadet units in schools under the Government’s joint Ministry of Defence and Department for Education Cadet Expansion Programme, targeted in less affluent areas, has resulted in more children from disadvantaged backgrounds having access to the benefits of the...

Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia (4 Mar 2021)

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: The US announced it would end support to Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen, including relevant defence exports. This is entirely a matter for the US Government. Our position on arms exports to Saudi Arabia – as with all countries – is that such exports require an export licence and that all export licence applications are carefully assessed against the Consolidated EU and National...