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619882

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date	24/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Middle East: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice he has received on whether armed Reaper drones on missions outside Syria and Iraq are covered by the convention that Parliament has an opportunity to debate the circumstances in which armed forces are committed to military operations.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	49992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Whether the Convention applies would depend on the circumstances in which Reaper was to be used. Unmanned aerial systems are subject to the same operational accountability and oversight to that of manned aircraft, including the application of the War Powers Convention.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 31/10/2016 17:02:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

619891

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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, whether armed Reaper drones engaged in operations overseas are part of the armed forces for the purposes of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	49990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Reapers (whether armed or not) are remotely piloted aircraft and, as such, they cannot themselves be &quot;armed forces&quot; for the purposes of the Armed Forces Act 2006 but those who pilot them on operations overseas will be.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 31/10/2016 17:01:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

619893

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
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, whether pilots who are in control of armed Reaper drones conducting operations overseas are (a) engaged in armed conflict and (b) regulated by the laws of war.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	49991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Whether UK pilots in control of Reaper unmanned aerial system conducting operations overseas are engaged in an armed conflict depends on the type of operation the pilots are undertaking. UK military personnel who are using force on overseas operations will do so in accordance with the laws of war (also known as the Law of Armed Conflict/International Humanitarian Law).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 31/10/2016 17:01:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

619932

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Utilities: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average additional annual costs to domestic consumers who are unable to (a) pay utilities bills by direct debit or (b) receive utilities bills electronically in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	49861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made any estimate of the average additional annual costs to domestic consumers who do not pay by direct debit or receive an electronic water bill.</p><p> </p><p>Water companies in England and Wales do not generally differentiate between customers that pay their water bill by direct debit or access their account online, and those that choose paper billing and annual payment. We are aware of two (Northumbrian Water and United Utilities) that offer an annual discount of £7 and £5 respectively. These discounts are not cross subsidised but reflect the value of the cost saving to companies and customers. These discounts are also an incentive to encourage greater sign up as there are benefits for both the customer and the company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/10/2016 12:45:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald