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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 16 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Bob Ainsworth.


Nimrod Review

Statement on the Nimrod Review.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
502 c967-76 
Session
2009-10
Department
Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-3174
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to say that there was a glaring risk to this aircraft that went undiscov...
Nick Harvey | 502 c972 (Link to this contribution) The Defence Secretary called the Haddon-Cave report "a tough read", and it certainly was, describing...
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Liam Fox | 502 c969-71 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his statement and for prior sight of it, as well as for ...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for many of the comments that he has made, a large number of which I tota...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c967-9 (Link to this contribution) Statement. Seven weeks ago, I addressed the House about Mr. Charles Haddon-Cave's report on the even...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c975 (Link to this contribution) The decisions that I announced yesterday and those that the Minister was talking to the hon. Gentlem...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c973 (Link to this contribution) That is precisely what we are trying to achieve. I hope that my hon. Friend understands—I have heard...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 502 c973 (Link to this contribution) Is not the most difficult thing to change the culture of the Ministry of Defence, away from ticking ...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) There are still changes that need to be made and we still have a way to go, but in the two and a hal...
Robert Key | 502 c974 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will know that, since this tough report was published, morale among those inv...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c974 (Link to this contribution) I accept that there is a point in what the hon. Gentleman says. When people and the Department are c...
James Gray | 502 c974 (Link to this contribution) Will the MAA, rather like the CAA, have responsibility not only for airworthiness, but for safety on...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c974 (Link to this contribution) I will write to the hon. Gentleman on the detail. I want the MAA to be able to take a complete overv...
Mark Hunter | 502 c974 (Link to this contribution) Just yesterday I and a cross-party group of MPs met the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, the ho...
Ian Cawsey | 502 c973 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and the characteristically frank and candid manner in...
Bob Spink | 502 c976 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for bringing these sensitive and difficult issues to the House for sc...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c976 (Link to this contribution) Many of the responsibilities already exist within various parts of the Ministry of Defence, but they...
Angus Robertson | 502 c975 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and prior sight of it. Today we pay tribute to the ...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c976 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute not only to those whose lives were lost on that XV230, but to the rest of the crews an...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 502 c976 (Link to this contribution) We all acknowledge that no review or reaction to such will be able to bring back the 14 service pers...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c976 (Link to this contribution) That should not happen—it should not be happening now. There are lots and lots of dedicated people i...
Bernard Jenkin | 502 c975 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the Haddon-Cave report and I commend the Secretary of State's response to its fi...
Bob Ainsworth | 502 c975 (Link to this contribution) I have had representations, as the hon. Gentleman knows. I hope that he understands that, for the re...
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings Contracts Defence Accidents Industry Military aircraft Ministry of Defence Standards Regulation Safety BAE Systems QinetiQ Nimrod aircraft Military Aviation Authority Nimrod Review
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