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1524437

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date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what agreements they have made, if any, with the government of Ireland to allow the RAF to provide cover within the Republic of Ireland’s airspace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>I am withholding any response to questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations, as these should be for the nation in question to answer; therefore any further questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Government of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2724 HL2725 HL2759 question first answered 02/11/2022 15:49:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1524438

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many times in the last year RAF squadrons have been scrambled to escort Russian aircraft out of Irish airspace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>I am withholding any response to questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations, as these should be for the nation in question to answer; therefore any further questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Government of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2723 HL2725 HL2759 question first answered 02/11/2022 15:49:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1524439

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the annual cost to the RAF of supporting the government of Ireland in the protection of their airspace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>I am withholding any response to questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations, as these should be for the nation in question to answer; therefore any further questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Government of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2723 HL2724 HL2759 question first answered 02/11/2022 15:49:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1523497

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Homosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 17 October (HL Deb col 952), how many service personnel discharged or dismissed before 2000 for homosexual conduct that was legal in civilian life forfeited their full pension rights; and what plans they have to restore their full rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Defence recognises and accepts that the policy that homosexuality was incompatible with Service life was unacceptable and that its LGBT+ veteran community suffered as a consequence. As part of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (part of the Cabinet Office) co-commissioned Lord Etherton PC Kt QC to chair an independent review into the impact of this policy. Once completed, Lord Etherton will send a report containing his recommendations to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and The Secretary of State for Defence. The Government will then decide what action to take.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD is not aware of any instances in which the accrued right to a pension has been forfeited because of the member’s sexual orientation; Service personnel dismissed or discharged in respect of their sexuality retained their accrued pension rights. There are no provisions of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme which are discriminatory on the basis of a member’s sexuality. Accordingly, it is not possible in law to amend the scheme rules so that they have retrospective effect. As there is no existing discretion in the Armed Forces pension rules to retrospectively deem pensionable service to have been given in order to provide for additional pension entitlement, they are not an appropriate vehicle for financial compensation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 25/10/2022 10:55:57 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1522699

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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 His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect that their commitment to increase defence spending to three per cent of GDP by 2030 will have on the number UK service personnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL2651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Defence is re-organising and re-equipping to face future threats, however, as the Secretary of State has stated, as the threat changes, we need to change with it.</p><p> </p><p>The 2021 Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper highlighted that we must focus on capabilities rather than troop numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the Government’s spending plans are currently due to be announced in the Autumn Statement on 17 November. It would not be appropriate for the MOD to pre-empt the Chancellor’s statement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 31/10/2022 16:11:11 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1521494

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Reviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why they have not responded to the Reserve Forces 2030 Review, published on 12 May 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Houghton of Richmond
uin	HL2534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the noble and gallant Lord to the answer I gave on 20 September 2022 to the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley in response to Question HL2094.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 20/10/2022 15:33:18 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL 2094.docx title Reserve Forces: Reviews
tabling member	4694 label Biography information for Lord Houghton of Richmond

1520188

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to (1) the Written Answer from Baroness Goldie on 22 September (HL2312), and (2) programme data released by the Ministry of Defence indicating a reduction in tonnage of 65,000 tons, whether they can now provide a detailed breakdown of how they calculated an increase of 59,000 tons.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Tonnage was calculated in 2020 as 799,000, with a total of 88 platforms.</p><p>By 2030, we expect growth in tonnage to increase to 858,000 with a total of 83 platforms.</p><p>Increases in tonnage is expected for eight platforms by 2030. Decreases in tonnage is expected for nine platforms by 2030.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 24/10/2022 15:37:13 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1520189

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the AUKUS agreement; and in what areas such progress has been made.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>We are more than one year into the 18-month feasibility study period for AUKUS, with work advancing on training for Australian submariners, information sharing on nuclear naval propulsion, and adherence to the highest non-proliferation standards in consultation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.</p><p> </p><p>We are also making substantial progress in the four original areas of advanced capabilities, with workstreams on artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, undersea capabilities, and cyber. A further four additional workstreams, introduced in April 2022, in hypersonics and counter-hypersonics capabilities, electronic warfare capabilities, information sharing and innovation have also made strides.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 24/10/2022 15:05:10 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead