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720329

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will examine options in SDSR 2020 to enable HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales to conduct long-range and rapid amphibious assault by air.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	James Heappey
	uin	70534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department will continue to explore a variety of options to augment the capabilities of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers in future. Decisions on funding will be taken at the appropriate time within the Defence annual budget cycle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 70336 70535 question first answered 24/04/2017 15:39:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4528 label Biography information for James Heappey

720330

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will examine options in SDSR 2020 to enable HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales to extend the effective combat radius of the F-35B through the introduction of a shipborne air-to-air refuelling capability.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	James Heappey
	uin	70535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department will continue to explore a variety of options to augment the capabilities of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers in future. Decisions on funding will be taken at the appropriate time within the Defence annual budget cycle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 70336 70534 question first answered 24/04/2017 15:39:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4528 label Biography information for James Heappey

720331

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans for the Maritime Intra Theatre Lift Solution to be identified.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	James Heappey
	uin	70536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department is currently developing plans for Maritime Intra Theatre Lift (MITL) based upon in-service helicopters. The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2020 process will consider the Defence requirement for a medium-to-long term MITL solution.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/04/2017 15:40:03 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4528 label Biography information for James Heappey

720332

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department plans to supply the QEC Carrier Group at extended range with any critical items not held on board an accompanying solid support ship.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	James Heappey
	uin	70537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The supply chain solution for the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers will vary according to the nature of the demand. The Department is currently developing plans for Maritime Intra Theatre Lift (MITL) based upon in-service helicopters.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/04/2017 15:43:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4528 label Biography information for James Heappey

720342

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 2.33 of the National Audit Office report, Delivering Carrier Strike, published on 16 March 2017, whether his Department plans to fund the Queen Elizabeth class carriers' logistic enablers in SDSR 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	James Heappey
	uin	70336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department will continue to explore a variety of options to augment the capabilities of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers in future. Decisions on funding will be taken at the appropriate time within the Defence annual budget cycle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 70534 70535 question first answered 24/04/2017 15:39:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4528 label Biography information for James Heappey

1171111

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Artillery: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report published in November 2019 by RUSI entitled, The Future of Fires, what plans he has to allocate funding from the public purse to (a) anti-tank capability, (b) 155 mm field artillery, (c) long-range precision fires and (d) ground-based air defence.
	tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
	tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
	uin	3739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Army is in the process of assessing its future requirement for an artillery system capability and has established a programme, known as Mobile Fires Platform, to refine the requirement and modernise the capability.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/01/2020 16:25:35 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1171408

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of climate change on the work of his Department; and what steps he is taking in response to that effect.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	4452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence recognises the need to adapt quickly to mitigate its own impact on the climate and to build resilience to new threats caused by climate change.</p><p>To face this challenge, the Department has established a team to review its current position and drive progress towards the Government's target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/01/2020 14:23:50 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1179543

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines: Nuclear Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on procedures to provide nuclear submarine commanders on distant patrol with information to determine the legality of an order to fire a nuclear missile.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	18605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom would not use any of its weapons, whether conventional or nuclear, contrary to international law. Only the Prime Minister can authorise the firing of nuclear weapons, with legal advice contributing to that decision, and the Commanding Officer of the ballistic missile submarine must confirm that the authorisation to fire meets the rigorous authentication processes in place.</p><p>We will not comment on the details of our submarine operations - including these authentication processes, what information is provided to the submarine and how information is provided to the submarine - for the purposes of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 02/03/2020 17:50:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1185692

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for mobilisation of retired Armed Forces personnel to assist with the response to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	30788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>Where retired Armed Forces personnel are members of the ex-Regular Reserve, they have a legal liability for service if so required. Whilst the option to call on them for support exists and may be used to support the UK Government's response to the outbreak, there are currently no plans for any large-scale deployments of ex-Regular Reservists.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/03/2020 07:41:55 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1185694

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether retired Armed Forces personnel can volunteer to assist with the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	30789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>Where retired Armed Forces personnel are members of the ex-Regular Reserve, they have a legal liability for service if so required. Such personnel may volunteer to assist with the response to the outbreak, in the same way that they may volunteer to assist with any other military activity; however, there are currently no plans for any large-scale deployments of ex-Regular Reservists.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/03/2020 07:46:40 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan