To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make providing a ship of the Naval Service to operations off Libya a directed task.
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, by October 2015, how much money will have been committed to replacing Trident.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the decision to proceed with the building of four replacement Trident submarines will require parliamentary approval; and if so, whether they plan to seek such parliamentary approval at the same time as, or before, ...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the Ministry of Defence to be ready to make the Main Gate decision for replacing Trident.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many F35B aircraft they plan to have ordered in total by April 2016.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many F35B aircraft (1) have been ordered; and (2) will be ordered in this financial year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 23 March (HL5737), how many years at sea in aircraft carriers the Head of Carrier Enabled Power Projection has served; and how many years at sea, in aircraft-carrying...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether spending on current operations is included in the calculation of the percentage of gross domestic product spent on defence; and if so, when it was first included in that calculation.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether war pensions were included in the calculation of spending on defence in the years 2011–14.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether war pensions are part of the welfare budget; and if not, in which departmental budget they lie.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assets Border Force uses at present to maintain surveillance of United Kingdom territorial seas and adjacent waters; and what plans they have, if any, to change this in the light of the deployment of two Border Force c...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the planned build time for the first and second replacement Trident submarines.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 23 March (HL5737), how many years at sea in aircraft carriers the Head of Carrier Enabled Power Projection has served; and how many years at sea, in aircraft-carrying...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many years the Head of Carrier Enabled Power Projection has spent serving on aircraft carriers.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 4 March (HL Deb, col 218), what was the Prime Minister’s response when the Ministry of Defence passed on the suggestion that he talk to the Leader of the Opposition with a vi...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of each Sea Lightning will be built in the United Kingdom by BAE Systems and other British contractors.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth has had to have an extra steel covering because Sea Lightning jet efflux has proven more powerful than predicted.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Ministry of Defence is considering fitting land attack cruise missiles to Type 45 destroyers.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in fitting the co-operative engagement capability to Type 45 destroyers.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the planned build rate for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.