Lord West of Spithead

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to order the next Type 26 frigate; and whether it will be a batch order for five ships.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK steel will be used in the Type 31e frigate programme.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the HMS Prince of Wales' (1) first day at sea, and (2) sea trials will be.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have caused inquiries to be made about the export of plastinated human bodies (1) globally, and (2) to the UK, by Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co, based in China.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 February (HL13769), what discussions there have been between the UK Tempest team and the Future Combat Air System programme.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 February (HL13628), whether the UK is expected to become a net defence importer in the next five years.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 February (HL13624), whether that money previously announced by the Secretary of State for Defence to be spent on the nuclear deterrent and anti-submarine warfare has been sp...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether in discussions with the EU on the Future Combat Air System the EU indicated any intention to produce a carrier capable variant.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 16 March 2016 (HL6659, HL6660, and HL6661), what progress they have made in (1) legislation in regard to, and (2) protection against, drones in the last three ye...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 12 September 2016 (HL1529), whether the Ascent Flight Training programme is fully up and running; how many fixed-wing jet trainees have graduated since 2016; and whether Ascent...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any significant defence sales of UK manufactured systems that are not used by the UK armed forces.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to maintain a sovereign capability in torpedo design, development and build.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when work is required to start on replacing or updating the Stingray lightweight torpedo.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Yangtze Incident.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the unit price of each of the three Type 26 frigates presently on order.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the sale price of HMS Ocean to Brazil; and how much they plan to spend on the new Littoral Strike Ships.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, they have given to opening HMS Queen Elizabeth to the public for a day.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider buying back HMS Ocean from Brazil to be the first of the UK's Littoral Strike Ships.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how the extra funding settlement given to the Ministry of Defence for nuclear and anti-submarine warfare in October 2018 was allocated and spent.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence considers wider employment, industrial and economic factors in its value for money assessments of where to procure defence systems.