Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1662317

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Radiation Exposure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to place in the Library of the House copies of the following files, recently revealed to exist by the Atomic Weapons Establishment: (1) Transcript of proceedings 15 November 1984, (2) Royal Commission (RC)1 RC558, pages 988 to 1284, 13 August 1954, (3) AWRE Aldermaston Health Physics Division report on Tritium, 27 October 1958, (4) Arrangements for Examining Urine of Personnel Exposed to Ingesting or Inhaling Radioactive Material, 5 February 1958, (5) Request for arrangements of examining urine of personnel exposed to the risk of ingesting or inhaling radioactive material, 5 January 1958, (6) Reply to Regarding the Arrangements for Urine Testing of Personnel, between 20 January and 20 February 1958, (7) The Arrangements for Urine Testing of Personnel, 20 February 1958, (8) Radiological Safety of Personnel from the Medical Aspect, 24 February 1958, (9) Dose Record Grapple Z – record of 4 urine samples, 17 January 1958, (10) UKAEA – Weapons Group – Fourth Annual Report on Health and Safety, 2 January 1959, and (11) Preliminary Report to the Technical Director: Summary of Biological Observations at Operation Hurricane, 1 January 1952.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
	uin	HL10437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to place the information in the Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 05/10/2023 09:57:04 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1662242

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ammunition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the non-nuclear ammunition available to UK armed forces.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL10372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2023 answer text <p>Defence continually manages and analyses its stocks of non-nuclear ammunition through the Key Munitions Planning process, whilst also reviewing industrial capacity and supply chains, both domestically and internationally. The Department remains fully engaged with industry, allies and partners to ensure that equipment and munitions levels remain under continual review and are subject to adjustment in support of evolving Defence requirements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/10/2023 11:56:06 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1662169

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 13 July (HL8900), which HIV specialists were consulted as part of the RAF evidence review into pilots and air traffic controllers living with HIV.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL10304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>The Royal Air Force consulted a range of primary and secondary care physicians during the development of the Aviation Medical policy relating to HIV for the Aircrew Profession. This included specialists in HIV, Infectious Diseases, Occupational Medicine, Aerospace Medicine, Aviation Psychiatry and Psychology and General Medicine as well as several General Practitioners with advanced training in Aviation Medicine.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/10/2023 15:18:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1662170

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 13 July (HL8900), whether the British HIV Association was consulted as part of the RAF evidence review of pilots and air traffic controllers living with HIV.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL10305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>British HIV Association (BHIVA) guidance was central to the formulation of the policy on HIV and the Aircrew profession. While not directly consulted, BHIVA provided evidence and support to the wider review which informed the decision making on the policy outlined in Joint Service Publication 950 regarding individuals living with HIV serving in the UK Armed Forces.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/10/2023 15:18:58 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1662171

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 13 July (HL8900), whether they will publish the RAF’s evidence review on HIV in the context of aviation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL10306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>The Royal Air Force do not intend to publish the evidence review that informed the policy changes for HIV and the Aircrew Profession.</p><p>The Royal Air Force’s evidence review was principally based upon work previously published by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and UK Civil Aviation Authority guidelines on HIV in the context of aviation. The RAF benchmarked this evidence against the usual standards and risk thresholds that underpin military aviation safety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/10/2023 15:57:01 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1662172

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 13 July (HL8900), whether the RAF considered the recent HIV policy changes in civil aviation as part of its evidence review on HIV in the context of aviation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL10307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>Recent policy changes in civil aviation were considered in the formulation of the Royal Air Force policy regarding HIV and the Aircrew Profession which was endorsed by a tri-Service committee comprised of medical specialists. The Chief Medical Officer of the Civil Aviation Authority and the Senior Medical Officer of the National Air Traffic Control Service are members of this committee to ensure appropriate benchmarking of military aviation medicine policy against civilian standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/10/2023 15:21:38 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1662200

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Shipbuilding: Portsmouth North
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the member of Parliament for Portsmouth North regarding the plan to build three ships in that constituency to assist in disaster relief and other operations.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL10335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans for the Ministry of Defence to build any disaster relief vessels in the constituency of Portsmouth North and there have been no Ministerial discussions on the matter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/10/2023 15:23:07 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1661503

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Landing Ship Dock Auxiliaries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what change to the global geostrategic situation outlined in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023: Responding to a more contested and volatile world, published on 13 March, has led to the decision to have no operational Landing Platform Dock ships in the Royal Navy.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL10292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>The Royal Navy will continue to operate a credible Landing Platform Dock (LPD) capability, through its Bay class Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) (LSD(A)), until the operational return of the Albion class Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ships, with HMS Bulwark.</p><p> </p><p>The LPD and LSD(A) platforms are interchangeable in function by degrees of scale, each complements the other and both together constitute our core amphibious delivery capability when combined for maximal amphibious effect. To enable the sustained forward presence of the Littoral Response Group’s (LRG) in the coming years, both classes of ship will be pulsed into the deployment of the LRGs around their respective refit cycles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/10/2023 14:48:49 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1661537

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Military Aircraft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK F35B and Crowsnest aircraft HMS Queen Elizabeth is carrying on her current deployment.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL10293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>We do not disclose information on, or comment on, current Royal Navy operations as to do so could prejudice the capability, effectiveness, or security of the Armed Forces. However, I can confirm that the scale of UK carrier deployments is tailored to the task, threat, location and is kept under constant review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/10/2023 15:03:00 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1661538

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Prince of Wales: Military Aircraft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK F35B and Crowsnest aircraft HMS Prince of Wales is carrying on her current deployment.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL10294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>We do not disclose information on, or comment on, current Royal Navy operations as to do so could prejudice the capability, effectiveness, or security of the Armed Forces. However, I can confirm that the scale of UK carrier deployments is tailored to the task, threat, location and is kept under constant review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/10/2023 15:01:55 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead