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 question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1136533

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	272885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK has committed to spending 2% of GDP on defence. We are the largest defence spender in Europe and the second largest in NATO.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has a £39 billion core defence budget which will rise by at least 0.5% above inflation in every year of this Parliament. Any future funding decisions will be taken at the upcoming spending review.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/07/2019 13:47:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1136563

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Modernisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps she is taking to ensure the modernising defence programme is coordinated with the NATO defence planning process.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	272778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>NATO is the cornerstone of our defence. The Modernising Defence Programme, published in December 2018, reaffirmed the UK's position as a leading voice in NATO and European security, including our commitment to the NATO Readiness Initiative. These commitments remain at the heart of UK Defence planning as we modernise to meet new threats.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/07/2019 15:13:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1137202

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits there have been to UK naval bases by foreign vessels carrying nuclear weapons in each of the last ten years; which bases those vessels visited; and what nations those vessels originated from.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	273805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>It is UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons onboard specific ships or submarines at any particular place or time, for the purposes of safeguarding national security and international relations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/07/2019 13:46:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1137599

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Office on a resolution to the matter of the prosecution of army veterans who served in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
	tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
	uin	274533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>I discuss these important issues with the Northern Ireland Secretary and other relevant Ministers on a regular basis. As I set out in my written ministerial statement of 21 May 2019 (HCWS1575), our obligations to veterans who have served in Northern Ireland remain the same as to those who served in other theatres, and I have agreed with the Northern Ireland Secretary that my Department will provide formal input to any process taken forward by the Northern Ireland Office resulting from the Stormont House Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2019 15:07:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1137604

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions she has had with the UK Permanent Representative EU on the EU Council meeting on security and defence on 17 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
	uin	274457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence officials regularly engage with the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union on a number of issues. I was not present at the EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting on 17 June 2019 but met with the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union in the margins of the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels on 29 June 2019 to discuss a number of issues related to European security and defence.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2019 15:08:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1138704

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to her oral contribution of 8 July 2019, Official Report, column 19, if she will publish the review by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on guidance on sharing and receiving intelligence.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	276562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Mr David Lidington) on 15 July 2019 (Official Report, column 595).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2019 15:11:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Detainee Mistreatment - Judge Led Inquiry.docx title 276562 - Detainee Mistreatment
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1138860

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether she plans to publish the results of the armed forces pay review before the 2019 summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	277300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>I announced the 2019 pay award for the Armed Forces on Monday 22 July 2019 (HCWS1770).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/07/2019 13:22:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract Monday 22 July 2019, HCWS 1770.docx title Armed Forces' Pay Review Body Report 2019
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1138970

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to her oral contribution of 8 July 2019, Official Report, column 19, when she plans to announce the change of policy in relation to guidance on sharing and receiving intelligence.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	277216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the statement I made today (HCWS1746).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/07/2019 15:48:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name HCWS1746 - Cabinet Office Review of Consolidated Guidance.pdf title 20190718 - Written Ministerial Statement
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1353475

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Pitcairn Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July to Question 28135 on Department for International Trade: Treaties, whether she has (a) sought and (b) received legal advice on the possible inclusion of the Pitcairn Islands in the UK’s application for accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	44264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK is responsible for the international relations of all UK Overseas Territories, including the Pitcairn Islands, and will seek legal advice if, and where, appropriate as negotiations with trading partners progress.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/09/2021 11:19:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1354896

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Legal Profession: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the effect on long-term trends in imports of UK legal services in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms of the (i) free trade agreement with (A) Australia, (B) New Zealand and (C) Japan and (ii) UK's accession to the CPTPP.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	48171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Legal services are crucial to the UK economy, contributing £29.2 billion (1.6%) to the UK’s gross value added (GVA) in 2020. The published assessments for these agreements assess the potential long-term impact on GVA for all business services, however they do not include a breakdown of the potential impact on legal services imports.</p><p>To support UK success in this sector, the Department for International Trade is seeking ambitious commitments in its Free Trade Agreements on cross-border trade in services, investment, mobility, and digital trade. This will reduce trade barriers, providing certainty and transparency for UK businesses, including legal services suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/09/2021 09:38:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry