Mr Mark Francois

25 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, what steps the Government plans to take to fund the £13.4 billion annual uplift in defence funding beyon

25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any payments related to a Chagos Islands agreement will be funded from his Department's budget; and whether such payments will be front-loaded in the context of the Government’s commitment to spend 2.5% o

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on diversity and inclusion programmes relating to (a) employment, (b) pensions, (c) recruitment and (d) other matters since 4 July 2024.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total expenditure was on the refit of HMS Bulwark prior to its decommissioning; and what specific refit work remained incomplete at the time of HMS Albion’s decommissioning in July 2023.

24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK’s declaration on Article 298 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the jurisd

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of decommissioning HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark on the UK’s amphibious warfare capability; and whether a replacement capability will be procured before their di

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Bulwark: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what outstanding refit work remained on HMS Bulwark at the time of HMS Albion’s decommissioning in July 2023; and whether this work was completed before the decision to decommission Bulwark was taken.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Multi-role Support Ships

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to implement the Multi-Role Support Ship programme; and what the timeline is for (a) its development and (b) the procurement of vessels.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the sale of (a) HMS Albion and (b) HMS Bulwark; and what the estimated market value of each vessel was at the time of decommissioning.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of UK Regular Forces personnel were classified as (a) Medically Fully Deployable, (b) Medically Limited Deployable and (c) Medically Not Deployable as of 1 January 2025.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Royal Air Force personnel were classified as (a) Medically Fully Deployable, (b) Medically Limited Deployable and (c) Medically Not Deployable as of 1 January 2025.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Army personnel were classified as (a) Medically Fully Deployable, (b) Medically Limited Deployable and (c) Medically Not Deployable as of 1 January 2025.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Marines and Navy: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Marines personnel were classified as (i) Medically Fully Deployable, (ii) Medically Limited Deployable and (iii) Medically Not Deployable as of 1 Janua

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Indo-Pacific Region: Warships

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his Department's policy to deploy the Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific this year.

12 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to revoke the status of the British Indian Ocean Territories as British Overseas Territories.

12 Feb 2025 · Attorney General

Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Attorney General has recused himself from providing legal advice on matters relating to historical allegations against armed forces personnel.

12 Feb 2025 · Attorney General

Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure the impartiality of her Department's legal advice on compensation claims against British soldiers.

12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 28893 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether he has made an assessment with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Chagossians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Chagossians moved to the UK from (a) Mauritius and (b) Seychelles in each year since 2019.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 27513 on Defence: Bank Services, how many smaller defence suppliers have raised concerns with his Department on difficulties in (a) opening a bank account and

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Defence: Financial Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 27123 on Defence: Financial Services, how many stakeholders his Department has met with since the meeting of 12 December 2024; what issues were ide

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Mingyang Smart Energy: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what security assessment his Department has conducted on the potential risks associated with Mingyang Smart Energy supplying turbines for the Green Volt North Sea wind farm.

11 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Mingyang Smart Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations her Department has received from the Ministry of Defence on security concerns related to the involvement of Mingyang Smart Energy in the Green Volt North Sea wind farm project; and what consider

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people arrested for illegal working in January 2025 were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the people arrested for illegal working in January 2025 have been (a) cautioned, (b) charged with an offence and (c) released without further action?.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the people arrested for illegal working in January 2025 have since been deported; and what proportion this represents of total arrests.

10 Feb 2025 · Attorney General

International Law: Legal Opinion

To ask the Solicitor General, how much has been spent on external legal advice on international law since 5 July 2024.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

International Telecommunication Union: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for UK national security of paragraph 368 of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament's report entitle

10 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia: Radio Frequencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US and (b) legal advice he has received on the electromagnetic spectrum over Diego Garcia.

10 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia: Radio Frequencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list all (a) discussions and (b) advice received by his Department from the International Telecommunication Union in relation to the UK's access to the electromagn