We protect the security, independence and interests of our country at home and abroad. We work with our allies and partners whenever possible. Our aim is to ensure that the armed forces have the training, equipment and support necessary for their work, and that we keep within budget.
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Jul. 08 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 08 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| May. 20 | Urgent Questions | Use of Torture Overseas |
| Jul. 15 | Written Statements | Chemical Weapons Convention: Declaration of Protective Programme |
| Jul. 25 | Westminster Hall | Mental Health Act 1983 |
| May. 21 | Adjournment Debate | Christmas Island Nuclear Testing: Compensation |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 8 February, 2018 | 12 Feb 2018, 2:48 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision for members of the Regular Forces to serve part-time or subject to geographic restrictions | ||||
Ministry of Defence Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Aug. 16 | Defence ordnance, munitions and explosives safety and environmental management policy (JSP 520) | Guidance and Regulation |
| Aug. 16 | Military laser safety (JSP 390) | Guidance and Regulation |
| Aug. 16 | MOD explosives regulations (JSP 482) | Guidance and Regulation |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 2 Aug 2019, 1:36 p.m. | Armed Forces: Recruitment | Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Royal Navy, (2) army, and (3) Royal Air Force, recruits there were in each of the last five years for which records are available. Answer (Baroness Goldie) The number of recruits joining the Armed Forces in the last five years is given in the table below.
UK Regular Forces includes trained and untrained UK Regulars, excludes Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full Time Reserve Service.
The Armed Forces recruitment figures are published in the Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019 |
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