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HANSARDStrategic Defence Review: TimescaleI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his work in leading the UK delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. The UK, along with NATO allies, takes the maritime threat from…02 Nov 2020HANSARDStrategic Defence Review: TimescaleThe Government announced on 21 October that they will conduct a one-year spending review for 2021-22. The implications of that decision for the integrated review are currently…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Preparations and SupportI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point, because I am very happy to inform the House on a periodic basis, perhaps every two weeks or weekly, of the…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUK Territorial WatersThe protection of UK territorial waters is a cross-Government responsibility. The Ministry of Defence contributes to this by providing a multi-layered capability to deter…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Preparations and SupportThroughout the covid support force, the armed forces have committed personnel and time and effort in helping the rest of government to meet this challenge, including local…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Preparations and SupportThroughout the coronavirus pandemic, I have ensured both that we have supported our colleagues across Government in tackling the virus, and that our critical defence outputs have…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Preparations and SupportAs part of the national covid-19 response, Defence has supported NHS trusts in a variety of ways, with the distribution of personal protective equipment and diagnostic equipment,…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are committed to ensuring that we have the best possible process for timely and effective investigations into serious allegations arising from future military…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will know that last year we did not have one either, but we got a generous settlement from the Treasury for that one year. It is of course the case that any…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsDefence continues to invest in Scotland and the critical capabilities based there. Both RAF Lossiemouth and Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde are expanding and will be home to the…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will have to look at the detail of that case, and I am happy to write to the right hon. Gentleman. Compensation and liability are obviously linked to who is at fault, and I will…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) confirmed that the Salisbury Novichok attack in 2018 was carried out by the Russians and that Russia had an undeclared…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAll I can say at this moment in time is that we are engaging with potential bidders, and we will ensure that we build a ship that is the best of British but also incorporates the…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the beginning of the covid outbreak, the military were deeply engaged in the roll-out, building and running of the covid Nightingale hospitals, including the transfer of…02 Nov 2020HANSARDDefence UpdateIn 1993, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) entered into a Government-owned contractor-operated (GoCo) arrangement with Hunting-BRAE whereby Hunting-BRAE operated the Atomic Weapons…02 Nov 2020HANSARDDirector of Service ProsecutionsUnder section 364 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, the Director of Service Prosecutions is appointed by Her Majesty the Queen. The term of the current incumbent, Andrew Cayley QC,…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Preparations and SupportMy hon. Friend highlights the important effort that the military made in setting up the Nightingale in Harrogate. I visited it during the set-up time, and it is also welcome that…02 Nov 2020HANSARDBritish Shipbuilding SupportI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, because I agree with everything he said; that is what we have been doing. We will invest, where we can, in UK equipment. We also sometimes…02 Nov 2020HANSARDBritish Shipbuilding SupportThe Government’s ambitious shipbuilding agenda is reinvigorating this industry, including where my hon. Friend’s father worked. We are working to review old yards, to diversify…02 Nov 2020HANSARDBritish Shipbuilding SupportAs shipbuilding tsar, I am working with Cabinet colleagues to supercharge the British shipbuilding industry. Driven by the ministerial shipbuilding working group, in the past 12…02 Nov 2020