+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence |
| *1 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What his policy is on the decommissioning of warships and submarines which were built less than 20 years ago.
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122639
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| *2 |
Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): What progress the Government has made in promoting defence diversification.
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122640
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| *3 |
Laura Moffatt (Crawley): What progress the Government has made in promoting defence diversification.
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122641
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| *4 |
Norman Baker (Lewes): If he will make a statement about the purpose of RAF Fylingdales.
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122642
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| *5 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): How many men were at battalion duty on 15th May with (a) 1 Para, (b) 2 Para and (c) 3 Para.
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122643
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| *6 |
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): What logistical support his Department is continuing to offer KFOR in Kosovo.
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122644
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| *7 |
Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): If he will make a statement about the activities of the Army Research Unit between 1980 and 1990.
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122645
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| *8 |
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): What the current strength is of the Army.
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122646
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| *9 |
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What assessment he has made of the potential threat posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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122647
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| *10 |
Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): If he will make a statement on the security situation in Kosovo.
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122648
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| *11 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): When he will announce decisions on orders for auxiliary vessels for the Royal Navy.
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122649
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| *12 |
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): What recent representations he has received regarding deployment of United Kingdom armed forces in Sierra Leone.
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122650
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| *13 |
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): What savings have been identified as a result of the Smart Procurement Initiative.
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122651
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| *14 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): What contribution UK forces are making to security in former Yugoslavia.
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122652
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| *15 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What is the total warhead capacity of the Trident fleet.
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122654
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| *16 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): What discussions he has had with the French Defence Minister about the European Security and Defence Identity.
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122655
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| *17 |
Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): What savings have been identified as a result of the Smart Procurement Initiative.
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122656
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| *18 |
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): What the net inflow was into the Regular Army in the last financial year.
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122657
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| *19 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If he will make a statement on British military involvement in Zimbabwe.
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122658
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| *20 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): What progress has been made in establishing the Joint Force 2000.
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122659
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| *21 |
Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): When he last met his colleagues from other member states of NATO to discuss the deployment of military forces in Kosovo.
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122660
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| *22 |
Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West): How many sorties RAF personnel made in patrolling no-fly zones in Northern and Southern Iraq in the last year.
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122661
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| *23 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): If he will make a statement on the policy of his Department on the destruction of radioactive materials held by his Department.
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122662
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| *24 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): How many of his Department's former homes in Hendon are vacant; and if he will make a statement.
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122663
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| *25 |
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): What discussions he has had with Foreign Office ministers about the proposals by the New Agenda Coalition to the current Nuclear Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
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122664
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| *26 |
Mr David Rendel (Newbury): What discussions he has had with the Environment Agency following the decision to refer for judicial review the activities carried out at AWE Aldermaston.
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122665
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| *27 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What estimate he has made of how much NATO ordnance was (a) directed against imposter targets and (b) dumped unexploded in the Adriatic as a result of bad weather during the war in Kosovo.
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122666
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| *28 |
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): If he will make a statement on the number of opportunities for training with live ammunition in each of the last five years.
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122667
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| *29 |
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): If he will make a statement on the role of Territorial Army soldiers serving in the Balkans.
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122668
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| *30 |
Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): If he will make a statement about the use of United Kingdom forces in Sierra Leone.
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122669
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| *31 |
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): How many fast jet pilots there are in the RAF according to (a) establishment level and (b) actual manning level; and what the percentage shortfall is.
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122670
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| *32 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): What representations he has received calling for the award of a medal for those who served in the Suez Canal zone in the early 1950s.
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122671
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| *33 |
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): How many Royal Navy frigates are operationally available.
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122672
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| *34 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): What changes there have been in the peace-keeping role of United Kingdom forces in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
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122673
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| *35 |
Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): When he expects British Forces to leave Sierra Leone.
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122674
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| *36 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What savings have been identified as a result of the Smart Procurement Initiative.
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122675
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| *37 |
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): If he will make a statement on the Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile.
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122676
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| *38 |
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): If he will make a statement on progress in achieving the target for disposal of surplus assets contained in the Strategic Defence Review.
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122677
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| *39 |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): If he will make a statement on the tender submitted by Multipart, Chorley, for the stock and supply of spare parts for the armed forces.
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122678
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Main Business |
| + 1 | FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS BILL (SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOCATION OF TIME) [Up to 45 minutes]
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| Margaret Beckett
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
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| That the Order of the House [9th February] be supplemented as follows:
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| Lords Amendments
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| 1. Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall be completed at today's sitting and, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at Eleven o'clock.
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| 2.— (1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1.
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| (2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has already been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.
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| (3) If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment, the Speaker shall then put forthwith—
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| (a) the Question on any further Amendment of the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and
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| (b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended.
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| (4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith—
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| (a) the Question on any Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and
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| (b) the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in the Amendment as amended.
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| (5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, that this House disagrees with the Lords in a Lords Amendment.
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| (6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments.
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| (7) As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their Amendments, or disposed of an Amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a single Question on any Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown relevant to the Lords Amendment.
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| Subsequent Stages
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| 3.— (1) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the consideration forthwith of any further Message from the Lords on the Bill.
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| (2) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
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| (3) Sub-paragraphs (4) to (7) apply for the purpose of bringing those proceedings to a conclusion.
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| (4) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has already been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.
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| (5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the Chair.
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| (6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown on or relevant to any item.
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| (7) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals.
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| Reasons Committee
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| 4. The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment of its Chairman.
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| 5.— (1) A Committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed.
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| (2) Proceedings in the Committee shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion 30 minutes after their commencement.
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| (3) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) the Chairman shall—
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| (a) first put forthwith any Question which has already been proposed from the Chair and has not yet been decided; and
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| (b) then put forthwith successively Questions on motions which may be made by a Minister of the Crown for assigning a Reason for disagreeing with the Lords in any of their Amendments.
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| (4) The proceedings of the Committee shall be reported without any further Question being put.
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| Miscellaneous
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| 6. If the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the expiry of the period at the end of which any proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion under this order, no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.
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| 7.— (1) In this paragraph the proceedings" means proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments, on any further Message from the Lords on the Bill, on the appointment and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the Report of such a Committee.
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| (2) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings.
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| (3) The proceedings shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.
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| (4) No dilatory Motion with respect to, or in the course of, the proceedings shall be made except by a Minister of the Crown, and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
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| 8. If proceedings on a Motion for the Adjournment of the House would, by virtue of Standing Order No. 24 (Urgent matters), commence at a time when proceedings to which paragraph 7 applies are in progress, proceedings on the Motion shall be postponed to the conclusion of those proceedings.
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| The Speaker will put the Question not more than 45 minutes after proceedings begin (Order of 9th February).
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| + 2 | FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments. [Until 11.00 p.m.]
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| For Amendments to Lords Amendments, a Motion to disagree with a Lords Amendment and Amendments in lieu of a Lords Amendment, see separate Paper. |
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| If the Motion on Financial Services and Markets Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time) is agreed to, proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 11.00 p.m.
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| + 3 | SECTION 5 OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 [No debate]
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| The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Cook
Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Secretary Blunkett
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| That this House takes note with approval of the Government's assessment as set out in Financial Statement and Budget Report 2000-01 and the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 2000-01 for the purposes of section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6) and Order of 11th May).
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 4 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Post offices in Sutton and Cheam (Mr Paul Burstow).
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| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
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