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765679

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits to the Welsh economy of basing Welsh regiments in Wales when those regiments are not on active service.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	105859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no plan to base in Wales those regiments traditionally recruited from it or to conduct a consultation. Consistent with the Better Defence Estate Strategy announced in November 2016, the role, command and training requirements of these regiments mean that they are better located elsewhere to deliver the best possible Defence capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 105385 105387 105857 question first answered 10/10/2017 15:04:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

765680

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of potential locations in Wales that could be used to base Welsh regiments when those regiments are not on active service.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	105857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no plan to base in Wales those regiments traditionally recruited from it or to conduct a consultation. Consistent with the Better Defence Estate Strategy announced in November 2016, the role, command and training requirements of these regiments mean that they are better located elsewhere to deliver the best possible Defence capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 105385 105387 105859 question first answered 10/10/2017 15:04:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

760665

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are deployed in Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	105188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>As at 15 September 2017 there are currently 105 UK Armed Forces personnel deployed in Saudi Arabia.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/10/2017 15:40:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

760842

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian casualties killed in Saudi Arabian air strikes in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	105302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not make an assessment of the number of civilian casualties as a result of Saudi Arabian air strikes as we do not have access to all the information that would allow us to do so accurately.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/10/2017 15:40:12 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

760846

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will base Welsh regiments in Wales when they are not on active service.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	105385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no plan to base in Wales those regiments traditionally recruited from it or to conduct a consultation. Consistent with the Better Defence Estate Strategy announced in November 2016, the role, command and training requirements of these regiments mean that they are better located elsewhere to deliver the best possible Defence capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 105387 105857 105859 question first answered 10/10/2017 15:04:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

760848

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will conduct a consultation with Welsh regiments about basing them in Wales when they are not on active service.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	105387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no plan to base in Wales those regiments traditionally recruited from it or to conduct a consultation. Consistent with the Better Defence Estate Strategy announced in November 2016, the role, command and training requirements of these regiments mean that they are better located elsewhere to deliver the best possible Defence capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 105385 105857 105859 question first answered 10/10/2017 15:04:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

760070

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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, how many officials in the operations directorate conduct searches for media reporting of violations of international humanitarian law by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen; and how many of those staff have a working knowledge of Arabic.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	10373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Officials in the Ministry of Defence's Operations Directorate work with a network of staff in wider Defence teams, other government departments, and staff in our Embassies to identify reports of potential international humanitarian law violations from a broad range of English and Arabic language press and social media sources. This network includes staff with Arabic language skills.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 10374 question first answered 11/10/2017 15:41:17 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

760217

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Poland: Military Alliances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specific areas of co-operation will be covered by the UK's defence co-operation treaty with Poland announced in the joint communiqué issued in December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	10469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The Treaty will provide a framework for defence cooperation that includes a range of areas where we may wish to work together, such as training, exercises, sharing information and defence industry.</p><p>The text for the Treaty is still under negotiation and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment in further detail.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/10/2017 14:54:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

760226

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who from his Department will represent the UK at the November meetings of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva and Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons; and what the priorities of those attending those meetings will be.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	105018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK delegation will include military and Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian personnel from the Counter-Proliferation and Arms Control Centre, Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. A priority for the MOD is to support the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in fulfilling our commitments as a proactive State Party to the CCW. MOD participation will allow us to share our thinking on autonomy, notably as set out in the recently published Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) doctrine note. This forms part of our efforts to build improved understanding at the international level in the debate on Armed Forces' use of remote and automated systems.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/10/2017 14:53:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day