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923356

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether bids from (a) EU and (b) non-EU bidders for the RFA Solid Support Ship contract will have to demonstrate compliance with EU state aid rules.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	153442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>European Union (EU) laws governing state aid do not apply to activity conducted outside the boundaries of the EU, however, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) makes no such distinction and treats all bidders who participate in its competitions equally.</p><p>State aid is generally prohibited under the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU, apart from under a few specific exemptions stipulated by legislation. Under EU and UK law, the mechanism available to the MOD for addressing state aid concerns is through the concept of an abnormally low tender, related to a specific competitive procurement. The MOD has the right to reject a tender if a grant of aid was not in accordance with EU and UK law.</p><p>The MOD takes open competition very seriously and is confident in the measures in place to ensure that the Fleet Solid Support ships' competitive process is conducted strictly in accordance with the EU regulations on state aid.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:01:33 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

923353

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to sell any RFA Wave-class tankers to Brazil; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	153440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to sell the Wave Class ships to Brazil. No further Wave Class ships will enter service as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is receiving four Tide Class tankers: Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce. These ships will support the Royal Navy over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 153441 153443 question first answered 18/06/2018 16:01:03 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

923355

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Wave-class RFA tankers are planned to enter service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	153441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to sell the Wave Class ships to Brazil. No further Wave Class ships will enter service as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is receiving four Tide Class tankers: Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce. These ships will support the Royal Navy over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 153440 153443 question first answered 18/06/2018 16:01:03 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

923357

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of RFA tankers the Royal Navy requires in order to service the (a) carrier strike and (b) other Royal Navy commitments over the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	153443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to sell the Wave Class ships to Brazil. No further Wave Class ships will enter service as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is receiving four Tide Class tankers: Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce. These ships will support the Royal Navy over the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 153440 153441 question first answered 18/06/2018 16:01:03 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

926590

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trafalgar Class Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what storage locations have been identified for the three Trafalgar class submarines when they come out of service.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	154817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The intent is to store the remaining three Trafalgar Class submarines, when they are decommissioned, at Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport prior to dismantling under the Submarine Dismantling Project.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 26/06/2018 15:00:04 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

887882

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a decision on the base-porting arrangements of the new Type 26 frigates will be announced in the report of the defence modernisation programme.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	136877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As we move towards the Type 26 Global Combat Ships entering service with the Royal Navy in the 2020s, preparations will include consideration of their future base-porting. This is part of normal forward planning and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/04/2018 13:14:47 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1338480

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is the Government's policy to work to a target date of September 2021, in alignment with the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy, to extract the wives and children of the Afghan interpreters who are currently in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	19672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>We are significantly accelerating the pace of relocations in parallel with the military withdrawal, this includes eligible spouses and families who were left in Afghanistan when the staff member relocated to the UK. Our commitment to those who are eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), and the process to deliver it, is not time-limited and will endure.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/06/2021 13:33:23 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1338483

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the Government is providing to Afghan interpreters who have fled that country and are now processed in third-country asylum systems, in circumstances where they cannot apply for relocation to the UK from a third country.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	19674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Our priority is to relocate those applicants currently in Afghanistan where they are likely to face the greatest risk. Applications are made online or by phone initially. We will always consider exceptionally compelling and compassionate circumstances on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/06/2021 13:33:47 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1665859

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Afghans are in hotel accommodation in Pakistan that is funded by the UK Government as of 18 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	203405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>As of 18 October 2023, there are approximately 3,250 Afghans eligible for resettlement in the UK under the ARAP or ACRS schemes in UK funded hotel accommodation in Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 24/10/2023 16:22:26 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1677914

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential risk to Afghan refugees who are deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	6899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>In Pakistan we are working with the UN Refugee Agency to ensure Pakistan, which has a long history of hosting vulnerable refugees, adheres to its international human rights obligations. In Afghanistan, there has been a significant scale up in the provision of emergency assistance to returnees at the border and we are following the humanitarian and human rights implications closely, including the work of the Taliban Refugee Commission to aid the resettlement of people returning. Since September, we have committed £18.5 million to the International Organisation for Migration in Afghanistan to support vulnerable undocumented people returning from Pakistan and Iran.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/12/2023 17:15:37 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard