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Military Aircraft | Ministry of Defence | Written Answers

To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions in 2017 it was necessary to scramble Quick Reaction Alert aircraft; and, in each case, for what purposes those aircraft were scrambled.

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Royal Navy: Operational Capability – <i>Question</i> | Lords debates

My Lords, an attack on undersea cables would be an illustration of hybrid warfare, or to put it otherwise: of using any available means for attack. What concern is being addressed in the…

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Royal Navy: Staffing – <i>Question</i> | Lords debates

My Lords, what is the Minister’s view of the evidence given yesterday to the Public Accounts Committee by officials from his department, who said that more should be spent on defence, not…

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Royal Navy: Staffing – <i>Question</i> | Lords debates

My Lords, what is the Minister’s view of the evidence given yesterday to the Public Accounts Committee by officials from his department, who said that more should be spent on defence, not…

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Armed Forces: Morale – <i>Question</i> | Lords debates

My Lords, in view of the uncertainty to which the noble Earl referred, what advice would he give to a young person wanting to make a career in the Royal Marines.

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