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1129512

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date	04/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the Global Coalition Against Daesh carried out airstrikes on ferries owned by the government of Syria transporting oil near al-Shuhail; why any such attack was carried out; and whether any such attack is part of the strategic aims of that Coalition.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL15997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>We have seen no evidence that the Coalition has conducted any airstrikes on ferries owned by the government of Syria transporting oil near al-Shuhail.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/06/2019 13:28:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1129543

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Renata Dwan, Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, warned on 21 May that the risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War Two, and that the world should take this threat more seriously.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL16028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Today's security climate is challenging, with the threats faced by the United Kingdom increasing in scale, diversity and complexity. However, Her Majesty's Government does not believe that the risk of nuclear war is greater today than it was during the Cold War.</p><p>While the operation of an independent, minimum, credible nuclear deterrent continues to be necessary to protect the United Kingdom from the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life, the UK has taken a number of unilateral actions that build confidence and reduce international tensions. Our negative security assurances, as set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, are designed to give Non-Nuclear Weapons States in compliance with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty confidence that nuclear weapons will not be used against them. Further, since 1994, UK Trident missiles have not been targeted at any State; our Vanguard class submarines are at several days' notice to fire; only the Prime Minister has the authority to launch nuclear weapons maintaining political control at all times; and the UK has been transparent about its nuclear capability, including missile and warhead numbers.</p><p>The Government is committed to the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons and continues to work internationally, within the framework of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, towards achieving the conditions in which all nuclear weapons possessor states are willing to relinquish their nuclear weapons.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 11/06/2019 15:17:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1129545

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the cost per flight hour of the F35-B aircraft; and what is their expected in service flight hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL16030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not yet have its own figure for the hourly flying cost for an F-35B Lightning as the aircraft has not been in service long enough to generate the required data. However, information would in any case be withheld as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice commercial interests.</p><p>The expected service life of an F-35B Lightning is 8,000 or more flying hours.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 11/06/2019 15:13:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

1129561

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Foreign Secretary’s Mansion House speech on 6 May, whether they will conduct a review of defence spending; and whether they will commit to spending more than the minimum NATO endorsed proportion of GDP on defence.
tabling member printed	Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
uin	HL16046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to meet the NATO pledge to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence every year of this Parliament.</p><p>Future defence spending will be agreed at the Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/06/2019 13:29:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4317 label Biography information for Lord Richards of Herstmonceux

1129640

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the fire tender which is part of Truck Cargo Heavy Duty nuclear weapons convoys has been instructed to accompany the convoy in a stand-off position; and what assessment his Department has made of the ability of that fire tender to reach the convoy promptly through traffic in the event of an emergency.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	260106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>It is Ministry of Defence policy that we do not comment on the operational details of convoys transporting Defence Nuclear Material, for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/06/2019 15:24:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1129844

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of Heathrow on the Airspace and Future Operations Consultation and its potential effect on flight paths into and out of RAF Northolt.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	259832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence officials are engaged with Heathrow Airport about the potential implications to RAF Northolt of airspace changes which may result from the Department for Transport and Civil Aviation Authority Airspace Modernisation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/06/2019 15:28:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas