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date	08/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what lessons were learnt from Exercises Crusader in 1980 and Lionheart in 1984 with regard to using civilian ports not normally used for particular types of ships for loading particular types of vehicles.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL4027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The post exercise reports into the two exercises held in 1980 and 1984 make little mention of the use of civilian ports. However, both exercises were considered a success and found little difficulty in the loading of the vehicles onto ships at civilian ports.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 20/01/2015 16:25:28 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

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date	24/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Parachuting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the British Army last inserted forces for combat operations by means of parachute drop at greater than platoon strength other than under the control of the Director of Special Forces.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL1493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>The last time the British Army inserted troops not under the control of the Director of Special Forces for combat operations, by parachute, was on 5 November 1956 during the Suez crisis.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 11/08/2014 10:39:23 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee