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90479

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date	03/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on a link between pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine and the Russian government.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The Russian government has been linked with the crisis in Ukraine since its beginning, when some Russian servicemen were given state medals for their role in the illegal annexation of Crimea in spite of initial denials by Russia that they had been involved.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) expressed his concern by further mounting evidence of Russian troop involvement in Ukraine. This followed the release of satellite imagery taken by NATO on 21 and 23 August which showed Russian self-propelled artillery units inside Ukraine in the vicinity of the Luhansk province. Brigadier-General Nico Tak, Head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) crisis management centre, said that NATO had also detected large quantities of advanced weapons, including air defence systems, artillery, tanks and armoured personnel carriers being transferred to separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the British Ambassador to the UN made a statement which detailed evidence he had received further demonstrating the extent of Russian involvement in Ukraine. The separatist arsenal included up to 100 Main Battle Tanks; 80 Armoured Personnel Carriers; 100 MANPADs; 500 Anti-Tank weapons; and over 100 artillery pieces. Almost all of these were supplied directly by Russia since the conflict started.</p><p> </p><p>On 15 August a convoy of 23 armoured personnel carriers crossed into Ukraine close to where the Russian humanitarian convoy was awaiting customs clearance. The following day a further convoy of 84 military vehicles crossed the border.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 August, 50 vehicles, including tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and BM-21 GRAD Multiple Rocket Launchers crossed from Russia into Ukraine at the Chervonopartisansk border crossing.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 August, 10 Russian paratroopers belonging to the 331st Regiment of the 98th Svirsk Airborne Division were captured near the village of Dzerkalne - 20km inside Ukrainian territory. Satellite imagery confirmed the deployment of Russian armoured vehicles supported by artillery south of Donetsk close to this location. On 28 August another Russian soldier, Petr Khokhlov, serving with the 9th Motor Rifle Brigade, was captured and detained in Luhansk.</p><p> </p><p>In light of this evidence, it is not credible for Russia and pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk to claim that these serving members of the Russian armed forces were in Ukraine ‘by accident’ or ‘on holiday’.</p><p> </p><p>Russia can no longer pretend that it is not a direct party to this conflict, indeed this conflict would no longer exist without direct Russian military involvement in support of the separatists. The Prime Minister has called for such activity to cease immediately and has warned of further sanctions if Russia’s behaviour continues.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/09/2014 12:18:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90483

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Russia: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plans are in place for the eventuality that Russia continues to place troops in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The situation in eastern Ukraine is of grave concern. The 18 August European Council condemned the increasing inflows of fighters and weapons from the territory of the Russian Federation into eastern Ukraine as well as the aggression by Russian armed forces on Ukrainian soil. It called upon the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw all its military forces from Ukraine. In response to the ongoing action against Ukraine’s territorial integrity the EU has imposed sectoral measures against Russia in addition to measures already imposed in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea. We called on the European Commission to continue work on further measures to act as a further deterrent to Russia and to ensure we are prepared to apply greater costs if Russia continues on its path, this work is progressing swiftly in Brussels. On 5 September, The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymead and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) expressed determination to impose further sanctions in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine if a ceasefire was not reached and upheld.</p><p>NATO has also been working to help strengthen Ukraine’s security capability, and undertaken a number of reassurance measures for Allies. The UK is playing an active role and offering significant contributions to NATO efforts. As part of reassurance measures, the UK is contributing four Typhoons to NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission and a Sentry E-3D aircraft, as part of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force. We are also augmenting NATO exercises in which we were already participating and contributing to new ones. At the NATO Summit on 5 September, the Prime Minister stated that the UK would always uphold Article 5 commitments to collective self-defence and expressed the hope that a multi-national spearhead force deployable anywhere in the world in just 2 to 5 days would be formed.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:08:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90486

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died in hospital in England from diseases contracted overseas since January 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the information in the format requested as these data are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/09/2014 12:51:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90511

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the number of cyber-attacks on Government IT systems since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>We are now seeing around 100 sophisticated attacks a month on UK Government or industry networks<strong>.</strong> The Government has committed £860m until 2016 to the transformative National Cyber Security Programme to bolster the UK’s cyber defences. The National Cyber Security Strategy, published November 2011, sets out how the UK will support economic prosperity, protect national security and safeguard the public’s way of life by building a more trusted and resilient digital environment.</p><p>We do not comment on specific details of cyber security attacks on Government IT systems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/09/2014 10:46:11 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90010

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of integrating MBDA Brimstone 2 air-to-ground precision weapon with the Typhoon aircraft to the UK's defence capabilities.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	207659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The MBDA Brimstone 2 will enhance the multi-role capability of the Typhoon aircraft as it is effective against challenging, high speed and manoeuvring targets over land and sea.<br><br>Work is underway to evaluate the integration of Brimstone 2 with the Typhoon aircraft. On 2 June 2014, BAE Systems was awarded a contract worth in the region of £5 million to undertake a risk reduction study in support of a planned Main Gate business decision in early 2015.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 207687 question first answered 08/09/2014 15:08:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90012

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the benefits of participation by the Royal Air Force in Exercise Red Flag; and if he will make a statement on the 2014 exercise.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	207654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Participation in Exercise Red Flag in 2014 was important in maintaining close ties, from strategic to tactical levels, with the USA and Australia, and provided a realistic and testing environment for coalition training for both aircraft and ground based force elements.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 11/09/2014 15:14:45 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 18966 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90013

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of participation by the Royal Air Force in the Anatolian Eagle 2014 exercise; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	207655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Participation in Exercise Anatolian Eagle in 2014 at Konya Air base in Turkey afforded UK personnel with the experience of deploying and operating alongside NATO and other potential coalition allies. This includes exposure to the complexities of operating large numbers of aircraft from the same base and in missions of large airborne formations.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 11/09/2014 15:12:09 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 18965 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90015

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made on the bursary scheme to set up cadet units in schools.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	207651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cadet Bursary Fund was launched by the Prime Minister on 18 June to help state schools set up, grow and sustain new cadet units. The aim of our Cadet Expansion Programme is to see 100 new state school units established by September 2015. 49 new units have been approved so far.<br> <br> The Cadet Bursary fund will be administered by the Combined Cadet Force Association. The Department for Education is supporting the development of a fundraising strategy to ensure the legacy of the fund.<br> <br> To date, £1,560,000 has been donated or pledged to the fund. This comprises £1 million from Libor funds, £250,000 from Youth United funding and £310,000 from private donations. The fund will open to applications from schools involved in the Cadet Expansion Programme on 15 September, and grant decisions will be announced in early December.<br> <br> We will publish the full details on the application process and detailed guidance for schools shortly.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 08/09/2014 16:48:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90080

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the declaration of a caliphate in areas of Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	207670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Boko Haram’s claim to have established a caliphate in north eastern Nigeria does not have any credibility outside this group of terrorists. Boko Haram does not command widespread popular support. They continue to deliberately target the weak and vulnerable, causing suffering in communities of different faiths and ethnicities.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 05/09/2014 15:07:28 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90086

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cameroon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on recent Boko Haram attacks in Cameroon; and what assessment he has made of the implications of those attacks for regional security.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	207694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Boko Haram concentrate their attacks in northern Nigeria but are regularly reported to operate in neighbouring countries, including Cameroon where they have conducted numerous attacks and kidnappings. In August 2014 Boko Haram were reported to have attacked a number of locations in northern Cameroon, including the towns of Fotokol, Kerawa and Achigachia. Boko Haram present a regional threat and therefore require a regional response. The UK is committed to supporting the region tackle the threat from Boko Haram. On 12 June the UK hosted a Ministerial meeting for the region and international partners in London which the Foreign Minister of Cameroon attended. The meeting agreed measures to strengthen regional cooperation against Boko Haram. On 3 September I visited Nigeria, where I met both President Jonathan and Foreign Minister Wali. In those meetings I expressed the UK's deep sympathy for the plight of the school girls and discussed further measures for securing their release. The UK will continue to work closely with Nigeria and the international community to tackle the threat posed by terrorist groups such as Boko Haram.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/09/2014 09:19:35 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell