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UK Hydrographic Office

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

447 c962-74 

Session

2005-06

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Jeremy Browne | 447 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his helpful response to the debate, but I seek one further clarifi...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c971 (Link to this contribution) I can assure my hon. Friend that my pre-thinking will be rational. I will of course write to the hon...

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David Leslie Taylor | 447 c971 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has introduced a fascinating new concept, but can he reassure us that pre-thinking an...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) I shall have to check the transcript, but I am sure that I said that I needed to see a compelling ca...

Lord Beamish | 447 c972 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend the Minister confirm that neither he nor his officials have ever mentioned the c...

David Leslie Taylor | 447 c963 (Link to this contribution) I visit Taunton frequently. My daughter lives there, is an accountant and works in the area. A membe...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c962-3 (Link to this contribution) On a day when the nation holds its breath and hopes to become a world beater, it is particularly app...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c963-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman’s intervention is not only extremely helpful, but extremely well informed. I was ...

Lord Beamish | 447 c964 (Link to this contribution) As a member of the Defence Committee, I am impressed by the work of the Hydrographic Office. However...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c964 (Link to this contribution) That is a good point. I am vigilant in terms of trying to ensure that public spending is as efficien...

David Leslie Taylor | 447 c964 (Link to this contribution) I was happy to co-sponsor the hon. Gentleman’s early-day motion 2328 last week, which is an admirabl...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne) on securing this Adjournment debate, and I w...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c966-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention because no one would be happier than me if the Minister got to h...

Lord Beamish | 447 c966 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, the Defence Committee has been conducting an inquiry about the Met Offi...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c964-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has touched a raw nerve. Nobody formally notified me of the process. I have disc...

Lord Beamish | 447 c966 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware that any such consideration has taken place. At the Select Committee meeting a few we...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend’s daughter’s friend works for the UK Hydrographic Office and has apprised him of the ...

Fraser Kemp | 447 c970 (Link to this contribution) I understand the emphasis on moving toward digital, but does my hon. Friend agree that paper charts ...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c969 (Link to this contribution) What a pleasant surprise it is to discover that, and how lucky I am that, my hon. Friend’s daughter ...

David Leslie Taylor | 447 c969 (Link to this contribution) No, she works near Taunton; it is a colleague of hers who works there.

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c971 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly give my hon. Friend that assurance. I am awaiting the report with some excitement.

Lord Beamish | 447 c971 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the insight into my hon. Friend’s pre-thinking, which is obviously lacking in othe...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c970;447 c970-1 (Link to this contribution) Let me do some pre-thinking and answer his question in a little while. The outcome of that work has...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c970 (Link to this contribution) Two issues arise from the Minister’s remarks. How long will the pre-thinking—and, indeed, the post-t...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c970 (Link to this contribution) As you know, Mr. Deputy Speaker, my hon. Friend has a reputation for being a salty sea dog; he is a ...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) The best way to answer that is to undertake to send a copy of Hansard to the Chairman of the Defence...

David Leslie Taylor | 447 c969 (Link to this contribution) Would the Minister say, in his encomium to the Hydrographic Office, that it is indeed fit for purpos...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 447 c974 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give the hon. Gentleman an exact time scale this afternoon, but when the recommendation arr...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c971 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that offer. I also have a meeting with the outgoing chief executive of UKHO tomorr...

Jeremy Browne | 447 c966 (Link to this contribution) I fear that the hon. Gentleman is being, perhaps unintentionally, far more of a conspiracy theorist ...

Subjects

Construction Employment Housing Maps Location Shipping Seas and oceans Skilled workers Taunton UK Hydrographic Office

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