Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1441358

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to use the security exemption offered under World Trade Organisation rules to exclude foreign companies from bids to construct and supply warships in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	140385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>As warships are expressly excluded from the UK's list of covered goods in the World Trade Organisation Government Procurement Agreement, the national security exemption in Article III of that Agreement is not engaged. In relation to the supply of warships, the applicability of the national security exemptions in the Public Contracts Regulations and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations will be assessed on a case by case basis. This is in line with the Ministry of Defence shipbuilding policy set out in the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 18/03/2022 09:13:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1386302

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to assess whether the tender for the Special Purpose Ship is legally compliant.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The value and nature of the tender for the Special Purpose Ship sits within the commercial delegations of the Royal Navy's procurement process when applying the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and supporting framework, meaning individual legal advice is not usually taken for each such tender.</p><p>However, I have asked the Royal Navy to review the details of this tender and will write to the rightt hon.Member in due course and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 89512 question first answered 13/12/2021 15:25:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1386303

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether legal advice was taken by his Department prior to the publication of the Special Purpose Ship tender.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	89512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The value and nature of the tender for the Special Purpose Ship sits within the commercial delegations of the Royal Navy's procurement process when applying the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and supporting framework, meaning individual legal advice is not usually taken for each such tender.</p><p>However, I have asked the Royal Navy to review the details of this tender and will write to the rightt hon.Member in due course and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 89511 question first answered 13/12/2021 15:25:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1361424

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what year he estimates the (a) Type 26, (b) Type 31 and (c) Type 32 will enter service.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	58733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>For details on Type 26 and Type 31, I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence (Baroness Goldie), on 9 March 2021 to Question HL13634 in the House of Lords and the answer I gave to the Rt Hon. Member for North Durham on 5 March 2021 to Question 22374.</p><p>Type 32 remains in the conceptual phase, however on current projected plans, the expected in-service date is in the early 2030s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/10/2021 12:44:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name Hansards.docx title Frigates
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1180776

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Future Littoral Strike Ship.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	21307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has committed to undertake the deepest review of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy. This review will examine how we strengthen and prioritise our alliances, diplomacy and development and will consider all aspects of our defence and security capabilities, including our approach to procurement and maintaining our technological edge. The work already undertaken on the future Littoral Strike Ship will feed into this review.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 02/03/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson