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1259695

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations have been conducted by his Department with regard to information leaks over the Overseas Operations Bill.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	127639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes unauthorised disclosures, including leaks or unsanctioned briefs very seriously. As has been the practice of successive administrations, the Government does not comment on leaks or on investigations into such unauthorised disclosures.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 127640 127641 question first answered 17/12/2020 17:19:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1259697

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take in response to reports of information leaks on the Overseas Operations Bill.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	127640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes unauthorised disclosures, including leaks or unsanctioned briefs very seriously. As has been the practice of successive administrations, the Government does not comment on leaks or on investigations into such unauthorised disclosures.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 127639 127641 question first answered 17/12/2020 17:19:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1259698

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has had with the Minister for Defence People and Veterans with regard to reports of leaked information on the Overseas Operations Bill.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	127641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes unauthorised disclosures, including leaks or unsanctioned briefs very seriously. As has been the practice of successive administrations, the Government does not comment on leaks or on investigations into such unauthorised disclosures.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 127639 127640 question first answered 17/12/2020 17:19:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1255461

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to update the National Shipbuilding Strategy to incorporate commercial shipbuilding and supply chain considerations.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	120907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>In my role as Shipbuilding Tsar, I am working with my colleagues across Government to deliver on our vision to create a thriving shipbuilding enterprise, including both naval and commercial shipbuilders and their supply chains. Any update to the National Shipbuilding Strategy would also build upon the ongoing review of our defence and security industrial strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/12/2020 11:55:36 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1351000

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the annual running costs of the proposed Royal Yacht.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	40986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Estimates for the costs of building and operating the National Flagship will be established during market engagement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 40654 question first answered 10/09/2021 09:33:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1351001

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the crew allocation for the proposed Royal Yacht.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	40987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>Details of the first phase of the competition to design the National Flagship were set out in a Contract Notice published on 19 July 2021. Further details will be made available to industrial partners that express an interest in bidding for phase 1 of the National Flagship design competition. Premature disclosure of this information, or of that pertaining to later stages of the procurement, would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence and its industrial partners and I am therefore withholding it at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The crew allocation of the ship will be dependent upon the selected design.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 40990 question first answered 14/09/2021 10:23:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 20470 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1351002

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an additional budget has been allocated to his Department for the procurement of the proposed Royal Yacht.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	40988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The capital costs of building the National Flagship will accrue over a number of years and on current assumptions they will be met from the existing Defence Budget.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/09/2021 09:36:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1351003

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on which department is responsible for potential (a) risks and (b) overspend in respect of the procurement of the proposed Royal Yacht.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	40989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The management of risk and budget will be the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence. The National Flagship will be delivered in the same way as other shipbuilding programmes run by this department.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/09/2021 09:37:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1351007

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide details of the (a) specification development, (b) tender and award process, (c) construction, (d) commissioning and handover and (e) other aspects of the procurement programme for the proposed new Royal Yacht.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	40990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>Details of the first phase of the competition to design the National Flagship were set out in a Contract Notice published on 19 July 2021. Further details will be made available to industrial partners that express an interest in bidding for phase 1 of the National Flagship design competition. Premature disclosure of this information, or of that pertaining to later stages of the procurement, would be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence and its industrial partners and I am therefore withholding it at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The crew allocation of the ship will be dependent upon the selected design.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 40987 question first answered 14/09/2021 10:23:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 20468 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1627300

registered interest
date	12/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: UK Relations with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to increase defence cooperation with the EU outside of the UK's cooperation obligations to EU countries under NATO.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	184848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>As we committed in the Integrated Review Refresh, the Ministry of Defence will develop new forms of cooperation with the EU, including on defence.</p><p> </p><p>We have enjoyed steadily increased defence engagement with the EU over the past year, including through coordinating our respective provision of training and military equipment to Ukraine, our efforts to maintain stability in the Western Balkans and work to strengthen NATO-EU cooperation. We will continue to look for areas of cooperation, where it is in our shared interests.</p><p> </p><p>NATO remains the bedrock of our security, but we recognise that the EU can reinforce NATO activity and make an important contribution to European security, particularly when it comes to sanctions, energy security, countering disinformation and civilian-military crisis management.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/05/2023 13:54:59 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith