Information between 1st January 2023 - 4th June 2024
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Armed Forces: Resilience
37 speeches (23,140 words) Thursday 26th January 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Houghton of Richmond (CB - Life peer) chairman of the NATO Military Committee, and few in this Chamber will match his knowledge of international defence - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 28th February 2024
Written Evidence - Legatum Institute DCP0007 - PESCO and UK-EU Defence Cooperation PESCO and UK-EU Defence Cooperation - European Scrutiny Committee Found: defence and security relations Continue to adhere to a policy of ad-hoc engagement with the EU on defence |
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Wednesday 28th February 2024
Written Evidence - David Snoxell CHA0001 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory - Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories Found: Defence and Security issues 14.Defence and Security is a more complex aspect of the negotiations. |
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Wednesday 29th November 2023
Report - 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic International Relations and Defence Committee Found: It is a UK-led forum aimed at strengthening mutual understanding and co-operation among members on defence |
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Tuesday 10th October 2023
Engagement document - AI in Weapon Systems Committee Visit to Cambridge - Clerks Note AI in Weapon Systems Committee Found: education and employment to health and wellbeing; home affair s and social policy to infrastructure and defence |
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Tuesday 25th April 2023
Written Evidence - Society of Maritime Industries DES0011 - Defence Equipment and Support Defence Equipment and Support - Defence Sub-Committee Found: the Society of Maritime Industries and takes the lead in representing and discussing the maritime defence |
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Tuesday 21st February 2023
Written Evidence - Ministry of Defence DIS0048 - Defence in Scotland Defence in Scotland - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: of the Joint Expeditionary Force and Northern Group presents opportunities for us to discuss defence |
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Tuesday 8th November 2022
Oral Evidence - Peter Ammon, and Sylvie Bermann The future UK-EU relationship - European Affairs Committee Found: at Hinkley Point for instance, and so many others—and I think we should continue to work on defence |
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Republic of Ireland: Defence
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Republic of Ireland about the defence of the Western Atlantic. Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The UK and Ireland face a range of common threats to our security. We are committed to a close partnership and discuss a wide range of defence and security issues, including maritime security, underpinned by our Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding, signed in 2015. The Foreign Secretary hosted Micheál Martin, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and for Foreign Affairs, in London in December. |
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Warships: Shipbuilding
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) Tuesday 13th June 2023 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) EU and (b) other European counterparts on the potential merits for UK industry of the proposed PESCO European Patrol Corvette joint tendering exercise. Answered by James Heappey The UK Government regularly discusses defence and security issues with our NATO Allies and European partners, but has not had any discussions on the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) European Patrol Corvette project. The UK has applied to join the PESCO Military Mobility project. We continue to monitor other PESCO projects as they develop, but have no intention to apply to join any of them at this time. |
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EU Defence Policy
Asked by: David Jones (Conservative - Clwyd West) Thursday 12th January 2023 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with its US counterparts on the participation by the UK and US in the EU Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) arrangements. Answered by James Heappey The UK Government regularly discusses defence and security issues with our NATO Allies and European partners. We have discussed the UK's application to join the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Military Mobility project with the US as an existing third country participant. We have also kept NATO informed throughout the application process. |
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Wednesday 19th April 2023
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Defence Secretary meets US defence and security leaders in Washington, DC Document: Defence Secretary meets US defence and security leaders in Washington, DC (webpage) Found: J Austin III, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and General Mark Milley, to discuss a range of defence |
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Thursday 9th February 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Looking North: the UK and the Arctic Document: Looking North: The UK and the Arctic. The United Kingdom’s Arctic Policy Framework (PDF) Found: initiative) will continue to provide a valuable forum for information-sharing and the discussion of defence |
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Friday 13th October 2023
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Letter dated 09/10/2023 from James Heappey MP to John Healey MP in response to a Written Parliamentary Question regarding how many Australian military and civilian Defence personnel have been stationed in the UK each year since 2010. 2p. Document: Answer_to_John_Healey_MP_PQ197389.pdf (PDF) Found: Since 2010 the UK and Australia have cooperated intensely on a range of Defence and security issues |
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Wednesday 15th February 2023
Source Page: Looking north: the UK and the Arctic: The United Kingdom's Arctic policy framework. 48p. Document: Looking_North_The_UK_and_the_Arctic_The_UK_Arctic_Policy_Framework.pdf (PDF) Found: initiative) will continue to provide a valuable forum for information-sharing and the discussion of defence |