Peter Luff: holding answer 23 January 2012 The Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier will be capable of a top speed in excess of 25 knots, which is considered more than sufficient to be able to launch the F-35C and other fixed-wing aircraft regardless of wind speed conditions.
Richard Drax: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the F35 Joint Strike Fighter Concurrency Quick Look Review has concluded that the arrestor hook used to stop the F35 overshooting a carrier's landing deck once it has touched down is too close to the plane's wheels.
Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2012, Official Report, columns 725-6W, on animals: euthanasia, what behaviour falls within the definition of temperament for the horses euthanised in 2011; (2) what procedure his Department follows for disposal of euthanised (a) horses and (b) dogs; (3) what his Department's policy is on disposing of (a)...