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registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of GDP they spend on UK defence, excluding pension provisions.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL9629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>When the Ministry of Defence's pension expenditure, as reported in accordance with NATO's definitions of defence spending, is removed, the UK's remaining expenditure on defence spending in financial year 2017-18 equalled 1.97% of GDP using the Office for Budget Responsibility's GDP forecast.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/07/2018 14:47:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

928885

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the UK qualifies, and will continue to qualify, as a tier one military power.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL8886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>Through the plans and policies set out in Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, the Government committed to maintain the UK's status as a Tier 1 military power. Since 2015 the threats have increased rapidly and become more complex. The Modernising Defence Programme will make sure that our Armed Forces have the right capabilities to meet the increasing threat picture.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/06/2018 10:25:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

900003

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK is using thermobaric vacuum weapons in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL7666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK has used enhanced blast munitions in Syria. The type of munition used by UK Armed Forces depends on the target to be struck. In line with International Humanitarian Law, our rigorous targeting process will always seek to minimise the effect of our military action on civilians and civilian objects.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/05/2018 15:13:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

893155

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the air strikes against Syria on 14 April, what objectives they hope to achieve in that country; and how they propose to achieve them.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL7372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The aim of the targeted airstrikes conducted by the UK on 14 April 2018 was to alleviate human suffering by degrading the Syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and deterring the future use of chemical weapons. The UK continues to participate in the Global Coalition with the aim of defeating the scourge of Daesh. We want to see a political settlement that ends the war and suffering, and provides stability for all Syrians and the wider region. Syria's future must be for Syrians to decide. The UK is the third largest bilateral humanitarian donor to the Syria crisis and has committed £2.71 billion to date.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/05/2018 15:35:47 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

884271

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, what is their objective for military action against Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL6956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The objective for our targeted strike on 14 April was to degrade the Syrian regime's chemical weapons programme and to deter the further use of these weapons against their own population. It was not about regime change.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/04/2018 16:08:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

847878

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq Fatality Investigations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the future of the Iraq Fatality Investigations.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL5855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2013 the High Court ordered the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to establish a non-criminal process of &quot;quasi-inquests&quot; (which we have designated Iraq Fatality Investigations (IFI)) in appropriate cases to comply fully with the investigative obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, which include procedural requirements (to involve the victim's family, to ensure public accountability, and to identify systemic issues) that cannot always be achieved by a criminal investigation alone. The MOD understands the strain any investigation places upon its personnel, the vast majority of whom conducted themselves professionally in the most difficult circumstances, and is committed to providing them with proper pastoral and legal support. IFI are essentially inquests, they are not criminal investigations and can only take place when a decision has been taken not to prosecute. They take place to provide the families of deceased Iraqi civilians with answers about the circumstances of their deaths.</p><p>It is important that allegations of wrongdoing are investigated to allay public concerns, if unjustified, or to expose discreditable conduct. This process remains appropriate and legally necessary.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/03/2018 17:06:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

429236

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia: Baltic States
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following recent atrocities by ISIL against a number of countries, including Russia, they have reconsidered the statement by the Defence Secretary on 19 February that there is a "real and present danger" Russia could try to destabilise the Baltic states.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government's position has been stated in the recently published Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (Cm 9161). Russia's behaviour is hard to predict and although highly unlikely, we cannot rule out the possibility that Russia may feel tempted to act aggressively against NATO Allies. We also want to keep open the possibility of co-operation and will continue to seek to engage with Russia on global security issues, including international efforts to tackle the ISIL threat.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/11/2015 17:01:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott