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101334

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to permit the (a) Maritime Heritage Foundation and (b) Odyssey Marine Exploration, to sell material recovered from the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>Clause 2 of the Deed of Gift prevents the Maritime Heritage Foundation (MHF) from selling, giving or otherwise disposing of anything transferred under the Deed without the express consent of the Secretary of State for Defence.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/11/2014 10:29:20 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101335

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who has made representations to his Department on the future management of HMS Victory 1744; and what the content was of such representations.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>DCMS has received a number of representations regarding HMS Victory. Representations were received from the following organisations which contained a range of views on the future management of HMS Victory 1744:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_Committee" target="_blank"><strong>Advisory Committee</strong></a><strong> on Historic Wreck Sites; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_Council_on_Underwater_Archaeology" target="_blank"><strong>Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology</strong></a><strong>; Alderney Maritime Trust; Archaeologist - </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournemouth_University" target="_blank"><strong>Bournemouth University</strong></a><strong>; Archaeologist - University of </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrews" target="_blank"><strong>St Andrews</strong></a><strong>; Augurship 320 Ltd; Representatives of the Balchin Family; Representative of the Temple-West Family; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BG" target="_blank"><strong>BG</strong></a><strong> Energy Holdings Ltd; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Sub_Aqua_Club" target="_blank"><strong>British Sub Aqua Club</strong></a><strong>; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_for_British_Archaeology" target="_blank"><strong>Council for British Archaeology</strong></a><strong>; Diver-British Sub Aqua Club; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Heritage" target="_blank"><strong>English Heritage</strong></a><strong>; Falmouth Divers Ltd; Former Premier of Bermuda G P Resorts (</strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" target="_blank"><strong>USA</strong></a><strong>); History Hunters International; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee" target="_blank"><strong>International Committee</strong></a><strong> on Underwater Cultural Heritage; Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee; Lecturer in Archaeology-Institute of Archaeology; Maritime Historian Mary Rose Trust; Members of the Public, from the </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK" target="_blank"><strong>UK</strong></a><strong> and overseas (mainly USA); Ministry of Defence-Defence Equipment &amp; Spares (Salvage and Moorings Operation); National Maritime Museum; Nautical Archaeology Society; Nelson Society; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Marine_Exploration" target="_blank"><strong>Odyssey Marine Exploration</strong></a><strong>; Ordnance Historian; Ordnance Researcher; Planet Electronics Ltd; ProMare UK; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors" target="_blank"><strong>Professional Association of Diving Instructors</strong></a><strong>; Professor of Archaeology - Institute of Archaeologists; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receiver_of_Wreck" target="_blank"><strong>Receiver of Wreck</strong></a><strong>; Rescue-The British Archaeological Trust; Retired Archaeologist; Seaquest Ltd; Searex Inc; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Antiquaries" target="_blank"><strong>Society of Antiquaries</strong></a><strong>; Student of Archaeology - Warwick University; </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" target="_blank"><strong>UNESCO</strong></a><strong>; USA Publisher; Wreck Watch.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/11/2014 10:29:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101345

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who has access to his Department's sports and social club; what the annual cost of running the club was in each of the last two years; what benefits members receive; and what the cost per person is of such benefits.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has a sports and social club which all civilian staff are eligible to join. This is known as the Defence Sports and Recreation Association (DSRA).</p><p>The cost of running the DSRA is limited to the salaries of three staff. Expenditure in financial year (FY) 2012-13 was around £101,000 and expenditure for FY 2013-14 was around £102,000.</p><p>Members are able to benefit from a wide range of sporting and/or recreational activities, competitions and initiatives that are organised or supported by the DSRA or its partner organisation, the Civil Service Sports Council. Membership is £3.70 per month and there are currently around 20,000 members.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:49:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101346

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tornado Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whom his Department consulted on its decision as part of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review to disband the No 2 squadron of Tornado aircraft.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 did not decide to disband Number II(AC) Tornado squadron. It took the decision to move, as part of our plans for Future Force 2020, to a fast jet fleet of Typhoon and Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, and to retain a reduced Tornado fleet in the transitional period. Decisions on the timetable for reducing the Tornado fleet were made subsequently and are adjusted as necessary based on advice. Most recently I decided to retain a third Tornado squadron, including Number II(AC) squadron, for an additional year until March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/11/2014 16:56:05 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101351

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all items of cultural material from the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site will be acquired by the Maritime Heritage Foundation for deposition in one complete museum archive as required by the UNESCO Annex and Key Management Principles.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The project will follow applicable UK law, conditions of the Deed of Gift and the archaeological principles set out in Annex A of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. It is planned that all cultural items transferred under the Deed of Gift will be accessioned into the Victory 1744 Collection, as will the associated archive, including site plans, drawings and photographs. The Maritime Heritage Foundation has committed to manage and curate the Collection in line with the Museum Association's Code of Ethics for Museums. No items transferred under the Deed of Gift may be sold or disposed of without the consent of the Secretary of State for Defence.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:32:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101352

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with Lord Lingfield, then Sir Robert Balchin, regarding the formation of a company or charity to take on management of the wreck of HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>I have had no such discussions with Lord Lingfield. The Maritime Heritage Foundation, to which the wreck was gifted in January 2012, is a registered charity.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 16:35:15 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101353

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether completion bonds or other financial arrangements will be put in place before granting the Maritime Heritage Foundation permission to recover at risk surface items from the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744; and what specific communications there have been between government departments on that matter.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Funding for the approved next stage of the project (recovery of at-risk surface items, subject to a licence by the Marine Management Organisation) is underwritten by a financial bond provided by Odyssey Marine Exploration and held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Funding of the project has been discussed by officials from MOD and the Department for Culture Media and Sport as part of the assessment of the Project Design.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:33:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101354

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which museum will be taking the accessioned collection of material from HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Maritime Heritage Foundation has committed to ensure the public display of, and access to, the Victory 1744 Collection, and is in discussion about that arrangment with a UK museum; the Ministry of Defence is being kept informed of the progess of those discussions. Any agreement will be announced at the appropriate time. It should be noted that any artefacts recovered would need to go through a conservation process, which will take some time, before they could be displayed.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:31:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101355

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports from independent companies and subject experts in sea bed restoration and conservation the Maritime Heritage Foundation have been submitted to the Expert Panel and Advisory Group, in respect to the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Since 2008, when Odyssey Marine Exploration discovered the wreck of HMS Victory 1744, the site has been regularly monitored and the reports of several site surveys have been submitted to the Government. These include environmental studies of the site's sedimentology and suitability for <em>in situ </em>preservation and the wreck's marine biological profile have been completed by the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and the University of Huelva, Spain. In addition, the relevant passages in the Project Design have been considered by the Advisory Group and Expert Panel. Further, Wessex Archaeology produced two independent reports in 2009, which can be found at http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/reports/71070/hms-victory-1744.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:46:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101356

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sanctions are available to his Department if the Maritime Heritage Foundation or the Odyssey Marine Exploration attempt to sell any material of any kind from the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 in contravention of the Deed of Gift, the UNESCO Annex and Government's Key Management Principles.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Clause 2 of the Deed of Gift prevents the Maritime Heritage Foundation (MHF) from selling, giving or otherwise disposing of anything transferred under the Deed without the express consent of the Secretary of State for Defence. No sale would be valid in the absence of such agreement and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) would be able to take direct enforcement action either through injunction or action for &quot;delivery up&quot; against a third party in possession of any artefacts requiring their return to the MHF.</p><p>In addition, as the artefacts were transferred to the MHF on trust for the education and benefit of the nation, the MOD, as the donor, could seek cause of action for breach of trust if the Deed of Gift was found to be broken.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:32:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones