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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-11-04more like thismore than 2020-11-04
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading HMS Queen Elizabeth more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the anticipated deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Pacific is part of a wider policy for an increase in the UK's involvement in international Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Truscott more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-11-18more like thismore than 2020-11-18
answer text <p>The deployment of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH will demonstrate the UK's commitment to upholding a rules-based international system and showcase our world-leading carrier capability. Detailed planning continues but the Government has yet to announce its programme or destination. Once plans have been agreed, the Government will bring a statement on the deployment before Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has enduring interests in the region and is committed to maintaining regional security, including asserting its rights to freedom of navigation and overflight as laid out in UNCLOS. Wherever the Royal Navy operate, they do so in full compliance with international laws and norms and exercise their rights to freedom of navigation and overflight provided for by UNCLOS.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Goldie more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-11-18T15:59:36.11Zmore like thismore than 2020-11-18T15:59:36.11Z
answering member
4306
label Biography information for Baroness Goldie remove filter
tabling member
3682
label Biography information for Lord Truscott more like this