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registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his Department's policy on training military officers from countries with a record of human rights abuses.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	5051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>All training offered to foreign military personnel is provided in accordance with an Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) assessment, which will evaluate the risk of the training being used in a way that is not in line with human rights and British values. Participation in UK training exposes personnel from other countries to UK values and standards and helps to promote concepts of accountability, transparency and human rights protection. OSJA assessments are reviewed annually and also if there is a change of circumstances which might significantly alter the risks relating to any existing Defence training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/10/2019 15:25:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1151847

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for military personnel to provide support at ports in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	4358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not placed any additional personnel on standby to provide support to ports throughout the UK for Brexit. However, Defence has developed a prudent standby package of 3,300 Defence personnel who are on standby to support civil authorities on a range of tasks if required.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 4360 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:27:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1151849

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimates he has made of the number of military personnel on standby to provide support to ports throughout the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	4360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not placed any additional personnel on standby to provide support to ports throughout the UK for Brexit. However, Defence has developed a prudent standby package of 3,300 Defence personnel who are on standby to support civil authorities on a range of tasks if required.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 4358 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:27:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1151492

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law article entitled UK Nuclear deterrence policy: an unlawful threat of force published online on 22 September 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	3709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>I can reassure the hon. Member that the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent is fully compliant and compatible with our international legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/10/2019 15:11:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1151493

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 222573 on Nuclear Weapons: International Law, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have read the article referred to; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	3710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence forms its policy considering a wide range of sources. We do not comment on whether, or to what extent, individual pieces of academic writing contribute to or influence policymaking. However, the UK keeps its nuclear deterrence policy and posture under review in light of the international security climate and the actions of our potential adversaries.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 3711 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:12:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1151494

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 222573 on Nuclear Weapons: International Law, whether that answer was based on an assessment made by his Department of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the article referred to in that Question; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	3711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence forms its policy considering a wide range of sources. We do not comment on whether, or to what extent, individual pieces of academic writing contribute to or influence policymaking. However, the UK keeps its nuclear deterrence policy and posture under review in light of the international security climate and the actions of our potential adversaries.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 3710 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:12:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day