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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jun 2014
Defence Spending

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Written Question

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Wednesday 14th May 2014

Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to transfer the maintenance of graves of military personnel who have died since 1945 from his Department to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Answered by Anna Soubry

It is important that maintenance of post-second World War military graves in the UK is undertaken in the most efficient and effective way.

The transfer of responsibility for some 6,139 graves from the Ministry of Defence to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), who already maintain many more such graves, is accordingly under consideration. Discussions between the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and the CWGC about the possibility of such a change are ongoing.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 May 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"On placing orders for Royal Navy ships, including fitting replacement engines, does the relevant Minister agree that the national security importance of guaranteed ongoing servicing in the UK must be the determining factor, instead of a foreign deal that weakens Britain’s long-term defence interests?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Mar 2014
Defence and Cyber-security

"We are talking about cyber-technology, but may I use an old-fashioned phrase in warning of the danger of having all our eggs in one basket?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Mar 2014
Defence and Cyber-security

"I was biding my time, but the intervention from the hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) has prompted me to intervene. Has any evidence yet come forward to suggest that what is going on in Crimea has involved cyber-security breaches either way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Mar 2014
Defence and Cyber-security

"Red in the face, surely...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Feb 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Secretary of State agree that it is in Britain’s defence interest to collaborate militarily with other European countries? In that respect, will he welcome the joint exercise recently undertaken by French paratroopers and 16 Air Assault Brigade?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jan 2014
Armed Forces Restructuring

"The Prime Minister’s approach to defence is the most complacent I have known in my lifetime. A few days ago, the former US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, said:

“With the fairly substantial reductions in defence spending in Great Britain, what we’re finding is that it won’t have full spectrum capabilities …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jan 2014
IT Systems (Army Recruitment)

"How many military personnel have been deployed to bail out Capita’s failure to deliver on recruitment?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Nov 2013
First World War Commemoration

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