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Debate between Jack Lopresti and Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton(5 years, 4 months ago)
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Mark Lancaster
The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Of course, up until recently, we actually led Op Atalanta, which was the counter-piracy operation in Somalia, although that has now handed over to a joint mission between Italy and Spain. In the future, the Prime Minister has made it absolutely clear that, just because we are leaving the European Union, it does not mean to say that we are leaving our responsibilities over security in the European Union. We will look at contributing to missions where we can when it is in both the UK and EU’s interests.
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con)
Does my right hon. Friend agree that, as we regain our position as an independent and global presence on the world stage, it is even more important that the United Kingdom is seen as a reliable and credible partner and ally across the world?
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Debate between Jack Lopresti and Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton(8 years, 11 months ago)
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Mark Lancaster
The Royal British Legion was recently awarded £10 million LIBOR funding over five years to address long-term hearing issues. Work has already started with key stakeholders, and the Legion aims to launch the fund in early autumn. From summer 2015, the MOD will introduce new hearing protection measures for UK armed forces personnel, which will reduce the number of veterans with service-attributable hearing issues.
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con)
11. What progress has been made on the creation of a NATO very high readiness joint task force.