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1123349

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Tanks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to reduce the number of tanks.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	247994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 April 2019, to Question 246488, to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Kevan Jones).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/05/2019 15:40:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 29 April 2019, UIN 246488 (1).docx title 246488-Challenger Tanks: Repairs and Maintenance
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1122942

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a comprehensive cyber security assessment procedure for proposed weapon systems that operate at a high level of complexity.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL15332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) uses a number of information assurance and cyber security activities to ensure weapon systems are appropriately protected. However, for the purpose of safeguarding national security, the MOD does not comment publicly on the specifics of these activities.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/05/2019 15:16:48 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1122943

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the Ministry of Defence's definition of an autonomous weapons system since the publication of the report of the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee AI in the UK: Ready, Willing and Able on 16 April 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL15333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has received some representations on this subject from Parliamentarians. The House of Lords report recommended that &quot;the UK's definition of autonomous weapons should be realigned to be the same, or similar, as that used by the rest of the world&quot;. However, the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Group of Government Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems is yet to achieve consensus on an internationally accepted definition or set of characteristics for autonomous weapons.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/05/2019 15:17:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1122944

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons: Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the relationship between increasing autonomy in weapons systems and cyber security.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL15334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Cyber security considerations are an integral part of the development and accreditation of military capabilities. The Ministry of Defence research programme also funds research on cyber security across the range of military capabilities, including those that could have an autonomous element. The United Kingdom does not possess fully autonomous weapon systems and has no intention of developing them.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/05/2019 15:17:04 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1122945

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings, if any, ministers and special advisers have held on autonomy in weapons systems during the last year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL15335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and special advisers have not held any meetings specifically addressing autonomy in weapons systems. However, as investment in technology-led modernisation is a key part of maintaining our national defence and security capabilities, Ministers and special advisers are routinely briefed on this subject.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/05/2019 15:16:35 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton