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143376

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which periods officers in the armed forces have been trained on the operation and use of drone technology in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	213867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>In the last two years training on the unarmed HERMES 450 Unmanned Aircraft System has been conducted by Army personnel in Israel on a regular basis. The last training took place in July 2014. This training was a mixture of individual and pre-deployment training for HERMES operators, and technical training for support personnel. Over this period, more than 270 personnel received training by the civilian contractor in Israel. No training has been conducted within the Occupied Palestinian territories.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 19/11/2014 17:52:21 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

147475

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	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 20 March 2014 to Question 191671, and the recommendations of the Birmingham Policy Commission entitled The Security Impact of Drones, published on 22 October 2014, if his Department will request that ISAF publish, with any necessary redactions, the investigations report into the incident on 25 March 2011 in Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	214077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make a request to ISAF to publish, redacted or otherwise, the report of the investigation into the incident of 25 March 2011. As we have previously stated, an ISAF investigation was conducted and concluded that the actions of the Reaper crew had been in accordance with extant procedures and Rules of Engagement. Any request to seek the publication of this document should be made directly to the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 17/11/2014 16:49:30 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

167442

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any personnel from Reaper Squadron 39 have been deployed to (a) Al Udeid air base, Qatar, (b) Al Minhad airbase, United Arab Emirates and (c) Al Musannah airbase, Oman.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	216796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>I am withholding this information as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice operational capability, effectiveness or security; also relations between the United Kingdom and other states.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/12/2014 13:38:39 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

167443

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, whether laser designators on UK Reapers carrying out surveillance missions in Syria are marking targets.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	216785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Laser designators on UK Reapers have not been used to mark targets in Syria.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/12/2014 13:39:11 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

171931

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's policy on the disclosure of information concerning lethal strikes in Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	219723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Our policy on the disclosure of information regarding air strikes by Royal Air Force aircraft engaged on Operation <em>Shader</em> in Iraq is that the detail of each individual strike is carefully considered against the necessary constraint of maintaining operational security, but our over-riding principle is to seek to place information on each strike in the public domain in a prompt and timely manner.</p><p> </p><p>This is consistent with, and a continuation of, Ministry of Defence practice for any operational information. It reflects the necessity for the Armed Forces of a democracy such as the UK not just to conduct military operations in a highly disciplined, careful and proportionate manner within the rule of law, but to demonstrate transparency and accountability for such activity. The need for this is all the more important when the military operations are being conducted against a terrorist organisation such as ISIL which wholly disregards the rule of law and relies on a perverted ideology and deceitful propaganda. This policy has been followed ever since the start of air strike operations in support of the Iraqi authorities, following the Parliamentary vote on 26 September. The primary channel for publishing this information is the Government website <a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, and the information thus disclosed has been regularly reported in the British and international media.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/03/2015 16:32:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 38634 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

171932

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK Reapers have been relocated to the UK to date.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	219724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>I am withholding the exact number of UK Reapers that have relocated to the UK for reasons of safeguarding operational security.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/01/2015 17:50:39 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

171934

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	NATO
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216827, whether the NATO Reaper MQ-9 User Group meeting in January 2015 will cover asset-sharing between members of the Group.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	219725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This first formal meeting of the MQ-9 Users Group will focus on setting the Terms of Reference of the group and scoping potential areas of collaborative working. It is not expected to discuss in any detail, asset-sharing between its members.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 220027 question first answered 12/01/2015 17:52:14 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

172498

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any personnel from the UK Reaper Squadron 39 will be deployed in Afghanistan in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	220012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to deploy any 39 Squadron personnel to Afghanistan in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/01/2015 17:26:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

172499

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Joint Prioritised Effects List includes targets in Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	220013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK's Armed Forces do not conduct combat operations in Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 26/01/2015 17:08:51 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 38633 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

172500

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	NATO
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216827, whether it is planned that options for asset-sharing between members of the NATO MQ-9 Users Group will be discussed at the Paris meeting scheduled to take place in January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	220027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This first formal meeting of the MQ-9 Users Group will focus on setting the Terms of Reference of the group and scoping potential areas of collaborative working. It is not expected to discuss in any detail, asset-sharing between its members.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 219725 question first answered 12/01/2015 17:52:14 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest