Session 2010 - 11
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| | | Closure or realignment of Armed Forces bases |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Prior to commencing a programme of closure or realignment of Armed Forces |
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| | | bases the Secretary of State must— |
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| | | (a) | prepare a base closure report; |
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| | | (b) | lay a copy of the report before Parliament. |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State may not proceed with any realignment or closure of armed |
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| | | forces bases without the approval of both Houses of Parliament. |
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| | | (3) | In this section a “base closure report” is the recommendation of the Ministry of |
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| | | Defence for the future Armed Forces basing requirements of the United Kingdom |
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| | | and British Overseas Territories including the criteria used when reaching its |
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| | | recommendations and the priority given to each criterion. |
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| | | (4) | In this section an “Armed Forces base” is a base or series of installations |
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| | | consisting of facilities necessary for the support of the British Army, Royal Navy |
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| | | or Royal Air Force including security, communications, utilities, plants and |
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| | | systems, or property for which the Armed Forces have responsibility. |
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| | | (5) | In this section “realignment” means any action that alters the function of a base |
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| | | or any action for the purpose of transitioning the base to serve another branch of |
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| | Title, line 2, after ‘Police’, insert ‘to provide for parliamentary control of proposals to |
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| | close or realign bases for the armed forces.’. |
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