Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Michael Fallon and Pauline Latham

Monday 13th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Sir Michael Fallon]

Let me make it clear to the hon. Lady that we are currently considering the options for the future provision of an effective unarmed guarding service throughout the United Kingdom, which, at the moment, is being provided by a multiplicity of different services. The aim is to achieve maximum value for money to ensure that we can focus resources on military capability, but security remains a priority, and no decisions will be made that would compromise the security of our personnel, our information or our physical assets.

[Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)]

T5. Can my right hon. Friend recall a time when the deployment of British forces to a NATO ally has not had the support of the whole House?

[Sir Michael Fallon]

This House has a long history of supporting our armed forces as they serve and protect our country and our allies. I am obviously disappointed that the Leader of the Opposition has described this week’s defensive deployments to Estonia and Poland as escalatory, and I hope the shadow Defence Secretary will take this opportunity to condemn those remarks today.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Michael Fallon and Pauline Latham

Monday 8th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Michael Fallon]

The number involved, as I told the House, is about 275, but it will vary as the training forces begin and end service. The significance of the announcement at the weekend is that we will—[Interruption.] Two hundred and seventy five is the number that I have given the House. The significance of the announcement at the weekend is that some of those trainers will train at the building partner capacity bases outside the Kurdish areas.

[Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)]

3. How many people have been recruited to the reserve forces in each of the last three years.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Michael Fallon and Pauline Latham

Thursday 6th June 2013 Commons Chamber

[Michael Fallon]

I am not persuaded that minimum distances are the answer, because it is important to take into account the factors that apply to every specific application and these things should be judged locally and individually on a case-by-case basis. However, in the clearer planning guidance that is being issued today it is the visual impact as much as the siting of the turbines that will now be taken more fully into account.

[Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)]

6. What steps he is taking to encourage green investment.