Written Question
Tuesday 27th February 2018
Asked by:
Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of landmines in Yemen.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence does not undertake its own estimates of the number of landmines in Yemen.
Written Question
Tuesday 27th February 2018
Asked by:
Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of live land mines laid by the British Army that are present in former war zones.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence does not hold this information.
The UK was a founding signatory of the Ottawa Convention banning land mines and a number of UK organisations such as Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and the Halo Trust are at the forefront of global efforts to make the world mine-free.
Written Question
Tuesday 27th February 2018
Asked by:
Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to train the security forces of the Yemini Government in landmine disarmament.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The UK is not providing training of any kind to the security forces of the Government of Yemen.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Defence Aerospace Industrial Strategy
"The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. Will he add that the Typhoon began on the drawing board in 1984 and came into service in 2003? Does that not highlight precisely the problem?..."Graham P Jones - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 30th October 2017
Asked by:
Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Brimstone missiles have been sold by the UK to Saudi Arabia.
Answered by Michael Fallon
A quantity of Brimstone missiles were delivered to Saudi Arabia in 2015 in support of the integration of this capability on Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado aircraft.
Written Question
Monday 30th October 2017
Asked by:
Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Brimstone missiles used by Saudi Arabia in the conflict on Yemen.
Answered by Michael Fallon
None.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"Following the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones) about voluntary groups, I would like to mention two wonderful groups in my constituency—the Veterans Association UK and Veterans in Communities—that do wonderful work with ex-service personnel. What guarantee can the Government give that they …..."Graham P Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"6. What resources the Government has supplied to the Free Syrian Army in the last 12 months...."Graham P Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"Do the Government not recognise that as part of the solution to the ISIS issue we need peace in Syria? Do they not recognise that what they are proposing is a failed policy, and that by investing in a client as a proxy in a civil war, all we are …..."Graham P Jones - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"T5. What assessment have the Government made of Assad’s high-tech military capability, provided by Putin, for example, surface-to-air missile systems; where they are located; and what risk there is of those missile systems or other high-tech equipment falling into the hands of ISIS?..."Graham P Jones - View Speech
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