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65438

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Oil: Exploration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all (a) reports, (b) studies and (c) impact assessments held by Ministers in the Department for Energy and prepared or considered by Ministers or officials between July 1984 and January 1986 which detail (i) the potential economic benefits of oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde or (ii) the defence implications of granting applications for licences to drill oil in that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	203710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any information relating to oil explorations in the Firth of Clyde.<br><br></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 203711 203712 question first answered 08/07/2014 15:42:59 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

65469

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Oil: Exploration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office originating between July 1984 and January 1986 concerning applications for licences to drill for oil in the Firth of Clyde.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	203712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any information relating to oil explorations in the Firth of Clyde.<br><br></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 203710 203711 question first answered 08/07/2014 15:42:59 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

65470

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Oil: Exploration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings took place between Ministers and officials of his Department and Ministers and officials of (a) the Department for Energy and (b) the Scottish Office between July 1984 and January 1986 at which oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde was discussed.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	203711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any information relating to oil explorations in the Firth of Clyde.<br><br></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 203710 203712 question first answered 08/07/2014 15:42:59 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

46735

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) a bat, (b) a dormouse, (c) a crested newt and (d) an owl survey has been carried out at Defence Infrastructure Organisation site Ashchurch; what the result of each such survey was; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	195131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>A baseline ecological survey was undertaken at Ashchurch in 2008 and updated in 2012. Following this survey no detailed assessments were undertaken for owls, as there have been no sightings or evidence of protected birds, or dormice, due to no suitable habitat being identified.</p><p> </p><p>Further detailed studies have been carried out for both crested newts and bats. Results of these surveys showed there was no evidence of crested newts and little evidence of bat activity across Ashchurch. However, one building had a small bat roost and there was a possibility of a bat roost in a second building.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

47517

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	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 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 182W, on Defence Infrastructure Organisation, whether there are any covenants on the use of DIO Ashcurch; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	195744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>There are two covenants on the site at Ashchurch. These relate to:</p><p> </p><p>The erection and maintenance of stock proof fences; and</p><p> </p><p>The reservation of mines and minerals and rights of access to light and air.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

47927

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last discussed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty with his counterparts from the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	196027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State discusses a range of topics with his counterparts from the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council, including subjects related to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. However, engagement with our international partners on this Treaty is led by the Foreign Secretary.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

62024

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Filton Airfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department owns any of the Filton Airfield site; and whether his Department will be entitled to any share of the site's sale.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	200771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department does not own any of the Filton Airfield site and is not entitled to any share in the site's sale.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 19/06/2014 16:02:06 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

49127

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in re-basing those elements of the armed forces based in Germany; and what recent discussions he has had with German federal and regional authorities on the practical logistics involved in such a withdrawal.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	uin	197002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made on the withdrawal of British troops from Germany. Having closed Celle Station in 2012, the closures of the Rheindahlen Military Complex and Münster Station were completed in 2013, and Hameln Station will close by December 2014. The programme remains on track to deliver, enabling us to close and release Elmpt and Herford Stations by December 2015, followed by the closure of Hohne and Fallingbostel Stations before March 2016. <br><br>We have already reduced our military numbers in Germany by 33% through the programme of preliminary moves and unit disbandments, and the first tranche of major unit moves and re-roling from Germany will occur in 2015. These moves will result in a reduction of up to 70% of troops by the end of 2015, exceeding the Strategic Defence and Security Review target of bringing back half of those personnel based in Germany by 2015. The remaining troops will relocate by 2019, as part of our intent to base the three high readiness Reaction Force Brigades on Salisbury Plain. <br><br>The Secretary of State for Defence met with the German Defence Minister, Frau Dr Ursula von der Leyen, on 13 January to discuss a number of issues, including the withdrawal of our troops from Germany. More widely, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to liaise with the German authorities at a number of levels: through Ministers and officials in the UK: the Defence Attaché in the British Embassy in Berlin; and the General Officer Commanding British Forces Germany, other regional British Commanders and a network of in-country liaison officers. MOD officials are also liaising with their German counterparts to assist in finding alternative uses for the facilities that will be vacated by the British Forces.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

49130

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their NATO counterparts on the establishment of a NATO-wide cyber capability.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	uin	197006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>NATO-wide Cyber Defence is provided by NATO's Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) which delivers centralised protection for many NATO sites. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has recently undertaken a major upgrade of NCIRC's capability with enhancements delivered in monitoring of core networks on NATO sites on a 24/7 basis. NCIA will continue to manage the upgrade of NCIRC's capability to best protect NATO owned systems from the evolving threat.</p><p>Progress enhancing the NATO Cyber Defence was most recently discussed at Ministerial level, at the February NATO Defence Ministerial and will be discussed again at the June Defence Ministerial as the Alliance prepares for the WALES Summit in September. The UK continues to pay a central role in moving this issue forward across a whole range of activities such as incentivising national cyber defence capability development to develop Alliance-wide cyber defence capability, information sharing and exchanging best practice.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

62598

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to meet the NATO target of spending 2 per cent of gross domestic product on defence; and what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their NATO counterparts on this issue.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	uin	201194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is one of just four NATO nations to spend 2 per cent or more of gross domestic product on Defence. On current plans, defence spending will continue to meet the 2 per cent target for the current Spending Review period. Decisions on public spending after 2015-16 will be made in the next Spending Review.<br><br>The question of Defence spending by European NATO partners is regularly discussed at NATO Defence Ministerial meetings.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/06/2014 14:30:18 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth