Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the Report of the Armoured Cavalry Programme (Ajax) Lessons Learned Review, published on 19 May.
Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)
The Review highlighted a culture that led to issues not being escalated and makes recommendations to improve that and information flows.
We are working to build and sustain an environment of psychological safety in our programmes where individuals feel they can raise issues, and reinforcing the requirement to share information across organisational boundaries in support of a "One Team" approach.
Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to stop using real animal fur in items of military clothing.
Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)
I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin), in the House of Commons on 14 December 2021 to the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) in response to Question 87697.
Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of munitions dumped in Beaufort’s Dyke in the Irish Sea.
Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)
Documents publicly available at The National Archives indicate that an estimated million tons of conventional munitions may have been dumped in Beaufort's Dyke between 1945 and 1973.
These documents can be found at:
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121203135425/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/HealthandSafetyPublications/DSEA/DisposalOfMunitionsAtSea.htm
The Ministry of Defence holds no additional information relating to the amount of munitions dumped in Beaufort's Dyke.
Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many airbases in the UK have been closed since 2010.
Answered by Earl Howe - Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Four stations have ceased to operate as airbases since 2010. However, they continue to be operational as part of the Defence estate and two still have active runways.