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1127686

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	France: Military Decorations
	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 8 May 2019 to Question 250007 on France: Military Decorations, how many surviving British veterans who fought for the liberation of France during the Second World War are waiting to receive the award of the Legion d'Honneur for which they have been certified as eligible by his Department; whether he expects those individuals to receive their honours on or before 6 June 2019; and if he will publish a breakdown of those individuals by their (a) age and (b) current place of residence.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	256308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>There are currently 71 cases for the award being processed by the French authorities, with a further 17 currently with the Ministry of Defence. It is not possible to estimate how many recipients will receive their award by 6 June 2019, as the French authorities are responsible for the distribution of their medal. However, priority is given to those particularly elderly or in poor health.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2019 15:07:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1127844

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department has interviewed Oxfam about attacks on the (a) water supply system and (b) cholera treatment centres that Oxfam supports in Yemen which were hit by Saudi-led coalition air strikes in (i) April and (ii) June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	256992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not interviewed Oxfam about these incidents.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/05/2019 13:45:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1173060

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	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, what the international legal framework is for the use of drones in conflict zones.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	7166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Remotely piloted aircraft may or may not carry arms, depending on their function. The use of force in armed conflict, regardless of the method of delivery, is governed by International Humanitarian Law (IHL). IHL regulates both the choice of weapons and the means and methods of warfare. Guidance to our armed forces on the interpretation and application of IHL is found in Joint Service Publication 383 The United Kingdom Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict; and Joint Doctrine Publication 0-30.2 Unmanned Aircraft Systems sets out UK Defence doctrine for the use of such systems, including the legal framework and moral and ethical issues.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 30/01/2020 14:52:46 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1235549

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	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 11 September to Question 86598, in respect of the 33 allegations entered into the MOD tracker and awaiting assessment, (a) whether that assessment is now complete, (b) whether the incidents were evaluated under the revised methodology to consider whether they constituted possible violations of international humanitarian law, and (c) if he will publish the results of that evaluation.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	91595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Of the 33 allegations awaiting assessment, 30 have been assessed. All were evaluated using the revised methodology. Publication of specific information about these assessments is being withheld for the purposes of safeguarding national security and/or because its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and another State/other States.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/09/2020 11:02:54 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1235557

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	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 11 September to Question 86598, on what dates his Department began and ended its evaluation of the 316 credible incidents entered into the MOD tracker,; and what estimate he has made of the number of hours allocated to the evaluation of those 316 incidents within that period.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	91596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The evaluation of the 316 credible allegations entered in the Ministry of Defence tracker using a revised methodology began after the Court of Appeal's decision was handed down on 20 June 2019. The assessments were concluded by 22 May 2020. No records have been kept of how many hours were allocated to this process. Each allegation was subject to expert analysis based on the information available.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/09/2020 11:01:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1236066

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid
	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 13 July 2020 to Question 69743 on Military Aid, for which countries the armed forces provided training in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, and (c) 2017-2018; and which armed service provided the training for each of those training programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	92728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the right hon. Member when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 29/09/2020 16:27:26 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1236067

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	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 11 September 2020 to Question 86598 and related questions, how many allegations were newly entered into his Department's tracker between 1 May and 18 September 2020 in addition to the 528 entered as of 30 April 2020; and how many of those incidents have subsequently been categorised as duplicates or not credible.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	92729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Twelve. These allegations are still being assessed.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 29/09/2020 14:26:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1236068

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the methodology used by his Department to evaluate allegations of violations of international humanitarian law caused by fixed-wing aircraft in Yemen differs from the methodology used for the same purpose by the United Nations Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen in its report of 9 September 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	92730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Trade set out the UK's revised methodology to evaluate allegations of violations of international humanitarian law caused by fixed-wing aircraft in Yemen in her written statement of 7 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 05/10/2020 16:55:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name HCWS339 Trade Update.docx title HCWS339 previous answer version 50712 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1236069

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the definition of what constitutes a pattern of incidents, used by his Department in its evaluation of allegations of violations of international humanitarian law caused by fixed-wing aircraft in Yemen, differs from the definition used for that purpose by the United Nations Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen in its report of 9 September 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	92731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK supports the work of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts of Yemen and takes account of its reporting as part of the export licencing process. The Group's report of 9 September 2020 does not clearly define its interpretation of a pattern of incidents with regard to allegations of violations of international humanitarian law involving fixed-wing aircraft in Yemen. The UK's revised methodology does not adopt a prescriptive approach in considering whether there are indications of patterns of non-compliance but considers, for example, whether there are similarities in the factual nature of incidents, the reasons/explanations for the incidents and the timescale in which they have occurred.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 05/10/2020 16:56:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 50713 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1238247

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill will have on the ability of service personnel and their families to claim compensation when knowledge of their medical condition pre-dates by more than six years the emergence of evidence that those personnel were exposed to the risk of medical harm while serving in the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	96015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Bill introduces an absolute limit of six years for claims for personal injury or death arising from overseas military operations. It remains the case that the time limit can be calculated from either the date of the incident, or from the date of knowledge. A claimant's date of knowledge is the date on which they first had knowledge that their injury was significant and attributable to a negligent act or omission by an identifiable defendant. Outside of the time limit, the courts will not be able to allow claims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This measure will not prevent Service personnel and veterans, or their families, from bringing claims against the MOD in connection with overseas operations within a reasonable timeframe, which most have done historically anyway. As set out in the Impact Assessment for the Bill, published on 17 September, we estimate the vast majority (94 per cent) of relevant claims by Service personnel and veterans are already brought within six years. We expect that a proportion of the claims brought after six years in the past would be brought sooner in the future to avoid being caught by the new absolute time limit for claims.</p><p> </p><p>We won't comment on individual cases that may have been outside of the time limit, had this Bill been in effect. However, to help minimise the risk that individuals run out of time to make a claim, we will ensure that everyone in the Armed Forces Community who might be impacted by these new measures is fully aware of this legislation and the time available for them to make a claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 96016 96020 question first answered 06/10/2020 13:43:11 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry