+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence |
| *1 |
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): If he will make a statement on flights over Gloucester by military aircraft from RAF Fairford.
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(
76685
) |
| *2 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): What plans he has to increase Royal Navy safeguards for British shipping; and if he will make a statement.
|
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|
(
76694
) |
| *3 |
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): If he will make a statement on the aims and objectives of the FOAS programme.
|
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|
(
76695
) |
| *4 |
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): What call-up of reservists he has (a) made recently and (b) plans to make and for what reasons; and if he will make a statement.
|
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|
(
76696
) |
| *5 |
Tony Cunningham (Workington): What measures the Ministry of Defence is taking to promote the armed forces to students in school.
|
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|
(
76697
) |
| *6 |
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): If he will make a statement on the A400M programme.
|
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|
(
76698
) |
| *7 |
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): What role his Department has had in the promotion of arms sales by BAE Systems in the last two years, with particular reference to spare parts.
|
|
|
(
76699
) |
| *8 |
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): If he will make a statement on operations in Afghanistan.
|
|
|
(
76700
) |
| *9 |
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): What criteria he will use to decide on the award of the contract for the Wheeled Tanker Project.
|
|
|
(
76701
) |
| *10 |
Phil Sawford (Kettering): What action he has taken to ensure the reliability of the SA80 rifle used by British forces.
|
|
|
(
76702
) |
| *11 |
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): What recent discussions he has had with international partners regarding extending the mandate of the intervention force in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
76703
) |
| *12 |
Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): If he will make a statement on partnering services at each naval base.
|
|
|
(
76704
) |
| *13 |
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): How many service personnel have been trained for firefighting duties.
|
|
|
(
76705
) |
| *14 |
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What discussions he has had with the United States administration on missile defence since July.
|
|
|
(
76706
) |
| *15 |
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What recent discussions he has had with his United States counterpart on national missile defence.
|
|
|
(
76708
) |
| *16 |
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): What recent assessment he has made of the reliability of British Army weapons.
|
|
|
(
76709
) |
| *17 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): If he will make a statement on his plans for call-up of Reservists.
|
|
|
(
76710
) |
| *18 |
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): If he will make a statement on operations in the Balkans.
|
|
|
(
76711
) |
| *19 |
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): By how much the strength of the (a) regular and (b) territorial armies have changed since May 1997; and by how much the number of medically unfit soldiers has changed over the same period.
|
|
|
(
76712
) |
| *20 |
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): If he will make a statement on the role of British forces in international peacekeeping in the Middle East region.
|
|
|
(
76713
) |
| *21 |
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What measures the Ministry of Defence is taking to promote the armed forces as a career to students in schools.
|
|
|
(
76715
) |
| *22 |
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): What plans have been made to train armed forces personnel to carry out duties as firefighters.
|
|
|
(
76716
) |
| *23 |
Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough & Whitby): What measures his Department is taking to enhance opportunities within the engineering industry to enter into partnership development roles during the procurement of high-tech equipment and software for the armed forces.
|
|
|
(
76717
) |
| *24 |
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): If he will make a statement on the deployment of the Army during the firefighters' dispute.
|
|
|
(
76718
) |
| *25 |
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): If he will make a statement on the role of the Service Families Task Force.
|
|
|
(
76719
) |
| *26 |
Andy Burnham (Leigh): What progress there has been to advance UK participation in the Joint Strike Fighter project.
|
|
|
(
76720
) |
| *27 |
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): When he last discussed with NATO counterparts the potential enlargement of the Alliance; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
76721
) |
| *28 |
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): How many (a) service personnel and (b) agency staff in the defence field are employed in Wales; and how many were employed in 1992.
|
|
|
(
76722
) |
| *29 |
Mr George Osborne (Tatton): What recent assessment he has made of the suitability of the equipment available to the British armed forces for conflict in desert terrain.
|
|
|
(
76723
) |
| *30 |
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): When he last discussed with NATO counterparts the potential enlargement of the Alliance; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
76724
) |
| *31 |
Mr John Grogan (Selby): What measures he is taking to combat bullying in the armed forces.
|
|
|
(
76725
) |
| *32 |
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): If he will make a statement on his Department's work to find alternative commercial opportunities at test and evaluation ranges.
|
|
|
(
76726
) |
| *33 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): If he will make a statement on the role of (a) the Army and (b) the Royal Navy in assisting with UK civil emergencies.
|
|
|
(
76727
) |
| *34 |
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): How many Royal Navy warships are operational.
|
|
|
(
76728
) |
| *35 |
Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): How many members of the armed forces have been assigned to providing emergency fire and rescue cover in the event of a national firemen's strike.
|
|
|
(
76729
) |
| *36 |
Mr John Baron (Billericay): What the shortfall of personnel in the Army is.
|
|
|
(
76730
) |
| *37 |
Ross Cranston (Dudley North): What progress has been made in enhancing the role of the Reserves in home defence; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
|
(
76731
) |
| *38 |
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): What assessment his Department has made of the impact of the firefighters' strike on the training and operational effectiveness of the armed forces.
|
|
|
(
76732
) |
COMMITTEES |
|
| 1 | First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider the Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002, No. 1836). |
| 2 | Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and the draft Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 and the draft Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2002. |
| 3 | Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider the draft Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002. |
|
| 4 | Public Accounts | 4.00 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: Individual Learning Accounts. |
| Witnesses: Mr David Normington CB, Permanent Secretary, and Mr Peter Lauener, Director, Learning Delivery and Standards Group, Department for Education and Skills, and Mr Rod Aldridge OBE, Executive Chairman, and Mr John Tizard, Director, Policy and Public Affairs, Capita Group Plc. |
| 5 | Science and Technology | 4.00 p.m.
4.30 p.m. | Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: The Government's Response to the Science Education from 14 to 19 Report. |
| Witness: Mr David Miliband MP, Minister of State for School Standards, Department for Education and Skills. |
| 6 | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions | 4.30 p.m. | Room 6 (private) |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 7 | Human Rights | 4.30 p.m. | Room 3A (private) |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
