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date	19/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Wrecks: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using underwater drones to protect sunken Royal Navy ships.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	35880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) considers the wrecks of many Royal Navy ships to be the final resting place of Service personnel, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and should be allowed to rest in peace.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy is accelerating its drive towards un-crewed and fully autonomous capabilities for the underwater, surface and air environments, and is exploring as part of its future capability planning work the operational opportunities new technologies provide.</p><p> </p><p>No formal discussions have taken place with the US Government regarding the joint provision of underwater drones to monitor the wrecks of Royal Navy warships.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 35881 35882 question first answered 27/07/2021 13:27:37 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1348446

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Wrecks: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding he has allocated to projects that protect and monitor sunken Royal Navy ships from scavengers in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	35881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) considers the wrecks of many Royal Navy ships to be the final resting place of Service personnel, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and should be allowed to rest in peace.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy is accelerating its drive towards un-crewed and fully autonomous capabilities for the underwater, surface and air environments, and is exploring as part of its future capability planning work the operational opportunities new technologies provide.</p><p> </p><p>No formal discussions have taken place with the US Government regarding the joint provision of underwater drones to monitor the wrecks of Royal Navy warships.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 35880 35882 question first answered 27/07/2021 13:27:37 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1348447

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Wrecks: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the joint provision of underwater drones to monitor wrecks of sunken Royal Navy warships.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	35882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) considers the wrecks of many Royal Navy ships to be the final resting place of Service personnel, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and should be allowed to rest in peace.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy is accelerating its drive towards un-crewed and fully autonomous capabilities for the underwater, surface and air environments, and is exploring as part of its future capability planning work the operational opportunities new technologies provide.</p><p> </p><p>No formal discussions have taken place with the US Government regarding the joint provision of underwater drones to monitor the wrecks of Royal Navy warships.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 35880 35881 question first answered 27/07/2021 13:27:37 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard