Dame Nia Griffith

31 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Llanelli, of 11 December 2018, on civil marriages, civil partnerships and same-sex religious marriages for the armed forces.

29 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Patrol Craft: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2019 to Question 205862 on HMS Mersey: English Channel, whether he has received confirmation from the Home Office that they will be funding the cost of HMS Mersey's deployment

28 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Arctic: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Arctic Strategy.

28 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has concluded its assessment of offers to conduct cold weather training from (a) Canada, (b) Finland and (c) Iceland; and if he will make a statement.

28 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Antiship Missiles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the Harpoon missile's service beyond 2023.

28 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential for hypersonic flight to be included in the design of the next generation fighter jet.

28 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Civilians

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his December 2018 report on the Modernising Defence Programme, what the (a) timescale and (b) plans are for implementing the international civilian defence cadre; and if he will make a statement

23 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation on Better Combat Compensation.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeline is for the publication of the comprehensive strategy for personnel recruitment and retention as set out in the Modernising Defence Programme published in December 2018.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Aircraft Carriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are plans to fit cats and traps to the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Saudi Arabia: Joint Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200616 on Saudi Arabia: Joint Exercises, (a) how many personnel and (b) what Royal Navy assets will take part in the Royal Navy Passage Exercise with Saudi A

21 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

General Electric

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met with representatives of General Electric.

21 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

General Electric: Rugby

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the national security implications of General Electric transferring its operations from Rugby to France.

21 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

General Electric: Rugby

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of General Electric about the future of its factory in Rugby.

8 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's 2012-2015 business plan, whether it is still his Department's objective to reduce armed forces fossil fuel consumption by 18 per cent by 2020-21 from a 2009-10 baseline.

8 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for further use of alternative fuels by the armed forces.

8 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Sustainable MOD Strategy: act and evolve 2015-2025, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase its energy efficiency and (b) reduce its dependency on fossil fuels.

7 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Patrol Craft: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cost has been incurred to the public purse by the deployment of HMS Mersey to assist UK Border Force in the English channel.

7 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement of 10 October 2018 on Future Accommodation Model, HCWS982, what progress he has made on implementing the Future Accommodation Model pilot scheme.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

EU Defence Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of participation the UK will have in (a) the European Defence Agency, (b) Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operations, (c) the EU Military Command, (d) the EU Military Staff, (e) the Eur

20 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2018 to Question 202300 on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs, when the engineering, design, and development phase is expected to rep

20 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Trident Missiles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's report entitled The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2018 Update to Parliament, when he plans to make a decision on replacing the warhead used by the UK's nuclear-arme

20 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Trident: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's report The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2018 Update to Parliament, which companies that are part of the supply chain to the Nuclear Enterprise are located in the E

20 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Parachute Regiment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to give the Parachute Regiment permissions to accompany (a) the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces and (b) the Kabul Security Force; and if he will make a statement.

19 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he or his officials have had with US counterparts on the use of renewable energy in defence.

19 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce his Department's response to the review of single source procurement legislation.

19 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement of 18 December 2018 of on public spending, Official Report HCWS1205, to which programmes his Department will allocate the £12million for planning for the UK leaving the EU.

19 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Maximising Competition on Defence Procurement Strategy, as set out in the Government response to the Twentieth to the Thirtieth reports from Committee of Public Accounts.

14 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176122 on Defence: Space Technology, whether he still plans to publish the Defence Space Strategy by the end of the year.

14 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200617 on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs, to which Department the engineering study on the proposed Global Navi