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date	05/07/2018
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	Balkans: Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's preferred outcomes are for the Western Balkans Summit on 10 July.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	161118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>This week's Western Balkans Summit will be a demonstration of the Government's longstanding commitment to the region and to European security. The Summit will focus on three areas:</p><p>First, regional security, where we hope to increase cooperation against common threats, including corruption and organised crime.</p><p>Second, economic stability, to improve the business environment, entrepreneurship, and digital skills.</p><p>Third, political cooperation, to help the region overcome legacy issues stemming from the conflicts of the 1990s.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/07/2018 15:42:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

934786

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State’s letter to the Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee, on the procurement of Fleet Solid Support ships, dated 29 May 2018, what assessment has he made of the compatibility of the Korean Development Bank’s Ocean Value-Up Fund with EU state aid rules.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>State aid is generally prohibited under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, apart from under a small number of specific exemptions stipulated by legislation. For state aid to be deemed illegal it must meet clearly defined criteria.</p><p>The Korean Development Bank's Ocean Value-Up Fund is designed to assist small and medium sized shipping companies in placing orders for new vessels and the purchase of used ones. It is not available to ship construction yards and does not provide support for the construction in South Korean shipyards of vessels procured by third parties.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/07/2018 16:01:31 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

934787

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State’s letter to the Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee, on the procurement of Fleet Solid Support ships dated 29 May 2018, whether the preservation of industrial capability can be classified to be a national security interest for the purpose of invoking Article 346 exemptions.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Preserving industrial capability can be used as a measure to protect a nation's security interests under the Article 346 exemption in certain circumstances. For example, there is a requirement to protect our freedom of action to design, integrate and build Royal Navy warships, as this is critical to national security. All procurement decisions are still subject to value for money considerations.</p><p>In the case of the Fleet Solid Support ships, the Article 346 exemption does not apply, because, as outlined in the 29 May 2018 letter to the Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee, the ships are not deemed to be warships and there is no national security interest in limiting the competition to UK companies.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/07/2018 16:02:21 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

934788

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department classifies River-class Offshore Patrol Vessels as warships.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy (paragraph 92) defines Royal Navy Warships as destroyers, frigates and aircraft carriers. For the purposes of shipbuilding, all other naval ships are not classified as such.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/07/2018 16:28:21 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

934789

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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 a decision to restrict the competition for the procurement of Fleet Solid Support ships to UK companies would result in compensation costs to non-UK companies that have taken part in the market engagement process.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	160711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Fleet Solid Support ships market engagement process was conducted on a 'without commitment' basis, so there are no grounds on which a party could claim compensation.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/07/2018 16:28:58 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones