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914750

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nigeria: Military Aid
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 implications for his policy of providing military assistance to the Nigerian armed forces of the Amnesty International Report, They betrayed us, published on 24 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Nigeria is a key partner for the UK and we are fully committed to helping the Nigerian Government in its fight against terrorism. However, the UK's position on human rights is clear: they are universal and must apply equally to all. Any member of the Nigerian security forces found to have been involved in human rights violations must be held accountable.</p><p> </p><p>The National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security sets out how the UK Government will integrate a gender perspective into its work to build security and stability overseas and protect the human rights of women and girls. The UK military training and assistance to the Armed Forces of Nigeria has consistently emphasised the importance of adherence to internationally recognised Rules of Engagement, as well as the importance of International Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. We have also made clear to the Nigerian authorities the importance of protecting civilians in conflict and detention, and that human rights standards must be upheld.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the situation in Nigeria, and regularly assess the risks associated with the delivery of UK military assistance in line with the UK's Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/06/2018 17:01:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

746956

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any use of military force against the Syrian Government would require a vote in the House before military action took place; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans for a new Parliamentary vote on military action to prevent the use of chemical weapons in Syria. We continue to support appropriate actions with our US allies to prevent their use.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 05/07/2017 15:56:13 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

686073

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the UK military training programme in Ukraine; what assessment he has made of the effect of recent fatalities on the operational effectiveness of the Ukrainian armed forces; and what steps he is taking within the training programme to reduce the risk of further Ukrainian military casualties.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	63388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Through Operation ORBITAL, the UK continues to deliver valuable defensive, non-escalatory training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). The Secretary of State for Defence recently visited Ukraine and was able to hear first-hand how UK training is building resilience within the UAF and helping to save lives. The recent extension of Operation ORBITAL for a further year is a sign of continued UK support to Ukraine and its Armed Forces. We will continue to keep our support under regular review to maximise the effectiveness of the training that it delivers. Additionally, the UK has gifted first aid kits, warm weather clothing and body armour to the UAF, all of which aim to reduce the risk of Ukrainian military casualties and help to save lives.</p><p> </p><p>I also offer my sincere condolences for the continued loss of life suffered by the UAF while defending their country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/02/2017 15:52:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

524678

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Earl Howe, House of Lords Official Report, 27 April 2016, column 1202, when the new crime registrar for the service police will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	40402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The post of Service Police Force Incident and Crime Registrar is currently being advertised internally to Ministry of Defence civil servants in accordance with civil service recruiting rules. The closing date is 28 June. In the event that no one suitable is identified, the position will be advertised more widely in the civil service before consideration for external recruitment. The date of appointment to the position is dependent on the outcome of the recruitment process.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/06/2016 15:33:54 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

524679

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Earl Howe, House of Lords Official Report, 27 April 2016, column 1201, and his announcement of a review by the Service Justice Board into the procedures for handling allegations of sexual assault in the armed forces, what the (a) current membership of the Service Justice Board is and (b) terms of that review are.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	40403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The established membership of the Service Justice Board is as follows:</p><p>Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans - Chair</p><p>Minister of State for Policing, Fire, Criminal Justice &amp; Victims</p><p>Solicitor General</p><p>Judge Advocate General</p><p>Director of Service Prosecutions</p><p>Chief of Defence People</p><p>2nd Sea Lord</p><p>Deputy Chief of the General Staff</p><p>Air Member for Personnel</p><p>MOD Central Legal Services</p><p>Director Army Legal Services</p><p>Commander Navy Legal Services</p><p>Director RAF Legal Services</p><p>Provost Marshal (Army)</p><p>Provost Marshal (RAF)</p><p>Provost Marshal (Navy)</p><p>Chief Constable Ministry of Defence Police</p><p>Director Military Courts Service</p><p>Other officials may be invited to attend as and when necessary.</p><p>The review into the procedures for handling allegations of sexual assault in the Armed Forces is to consider whether all, or any, of the offences of: sexual assault, exposure, voyeurism, or sexual activity in a public lavatory should be added to Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006. The views expressed in both Houses during the passage of the Armed Forces Act 2016, and by external organisations such as Liberty, are an important factor in the on-going work on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/06/2016 15:17:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

523875

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of each type of vehicle procured as part of urgent operational requirements for (a) Operation Herrick and (b) Operation Telic have been returned to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	39947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>The information on more than 19 vehicle types used over 13 years of both Operation Herrick and Operation Telic is not held centrally and could be provided only at disapproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/06/2016 16:24:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

523877

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Jackal and (b) Foxhound patrol vehicles were in use by the Army in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	39948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The numbers of Jackal reconnaissance and Foxhound protected patrol vehicles in use with the Army in each of the last six years are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Jackal</p></td><td><p>Foxhound</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>441-502</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>441-502</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Fleet size numbers are assessed as at 1 April each year. There were 61 Jackals damaged beyond economic repair between 1 April 2011 and 31 March.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/06/2016 16:23:12 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

522494

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Disarmament
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2015 to Question 14817, what progress the Government plans to make towards nuclear disarmament beyond the steps outlined in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	39116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is widely recognised as the most pro-active of the nuclear weapon states on nuclear disarmament. We remain committed to maintaining a minimum credible deterrent and we believe that our nuclear arsenal is the smallest of the five Nuclear Weapon States as recognised by the Non-Proliferation Treaty. We have reduced our nuclear forces by over half from their Cold War peak in the late 1970s. We reduced the number of deployed warheads on each submarine from 48 to 40 last year and we are reducing our overall stockpile to no more than 180 warheads by the mid-2020s. We possess around 1% of the total global stockpile of approximately 17,000 nuclear weapons.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK plays a leading role on disarmament verification with the US and Norway and continues to press for key steps towards multilateral disarmament, including the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and successful negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/06/2016 15:54:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

519007

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Amphibious Vehicles: Germany
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to maintain its fleet of M3 Amphibious Rig bridging vehicles after the withdrawal of UK troops from Germany.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	37413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>38 M3 Amphibious Rigs have been in service with the British Army in each of the last six years. No additional rigs have been loaned from the German Army during that time. The planned out of service date for the M3 amphibious rig is 2027; early work is under way to provide a wide wet gap crossing capability in future. No decisions have yet been made about future basing sites for the M3 Amphibious Rig.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of recorded equipment failure reports (EFR) in each of the last six years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year in which EFR recorded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of EFRs recorded in calendar year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 37336 37341 37342 37412 question first answered 24/05/2016 15:07:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

519008

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
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 capacity of the Royal Navy's Astute-class submarines for under-ice operations.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	37448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Astute class submarines are the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors, design and weaponry in a versatile vessel. The Royal Navy maintains world-wide deployability with its submarines, this includes under-ice capability.</p><p> </p><p>We do not discuss the detail of such submarine operations, as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 37338 37339 question first answered 26/05/2016 15:24:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry