To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 622W, on Afghanistan, what his reasons were for not stating which of Helmand's districts are under the control of the International Security Assistance Force, the Afghan National Security Forces and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 622W, on Afghanistan, what his reasons were for not stating which of Helmand's districts are under the control of the International Security Assistance Force, the Afghan National Security Forces and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his objectives are for military action in Helmand province in (a) the next three months, (b) the next six months and (c) the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his objectives are for military action in Helmand province in (a) the next three months, (b) the next six months and (c) the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 9, on Afghanistan, which eight districts in Helmand province under the control of NATO and the Afghanistan forces he referred to; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 9, on Afghanistan, which eight districts in Helmand province under the control of NATO and the Afghanistan forces he referred to; and if...

In my recent discussions with a senior officer, the criticism I heard was not of the quality of equipment in the field; it was that there was insufficient equipment of that quality that people could be trained on back home—that was the big deficiency. He said that troops go from...

In my recent discussions with a senior officer, the criticism I heard was not of the quality of equipment in the field; it was that there was insufficient equipment of that quality that people could be trained on back home—that was the big deficiency. He said that troops go from...

In fairness to the Secretary of State, that is a matter of foreign policy. However, we are entitled to know in a defence debate what the military situation is. I fully acknowledge that in large tracts of Afghanistan there is relative stability and normal life—to the extent that there is...

In fairness to the Secretary of State, that is a matter of foreign policy. However, we are entitled to know in a defence debate what the military situation is. I fully acknowledge that in large tracts of Afghanistan there is relative stability and normal life—to the extent that there is...

This is in no way to agree with the conduct of Russia, but some of us were bewildered in the summer by the cosy consensus between the Government and the Opposition in persisting with the concept that Georgia could come into NATO without that prejudicing article 5 of the NATO...

This is in no way to agree with the conduct of Russia, but some of us were bewildered in the summer by the cosy consensus between the Government and the Opposition in persisting with the concept that Georgia could come into NATO without that prejudicing article 5 of the NATO...

I will be swift in view of the time restrictions, but I would like to raise one point of a historic nature before I move on to Helmand and other contemporary issues. I have to express some disappointment that the Government did not do more to commemorate the 90th anniversary...

I will be swift in view of the time restrictions, but I would like to raise one point of a historic nature before I move on to Helmand and other contemporary issues. I have to express some disappointment that the Government did not do more to commemorate the 90th anniversary...

I am obliged to the hon. Gentleman. I asked Ministers, in fairly temperate terms, to clarify the position so that we can reassure people or explain the problems. If there are impediments, can they be overcome? I will talk about Afghanistan and Helmand province shortly. I know that other hon....

I am obliged to the hon. Gentleman. I asked Ministers, in fairly temperate terms, to clarify the position so that we can reassure people or explain the problems. If there are impediments, can they be overcome? I will talk about Afghanistan and Helmand province shortly. I know that other hon....

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which districts of Helmand Province are deemed to be (a) under UK, ISAF and NATO forces or the Afghan government control, (b) under Taliban control and (c) in indeterminate control; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which districts of Helmand Province are deemed to be (a) under UK, ISAF and NATO forces or the Afghan government control, (b) under Taliban control and (c) in indeterminate control; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will direct the relevant authorities to investigate the claim made by Wouter Basson during his trial in South Africa in July 2000 that he was able to purchase defence software developed in the UK through colleagues at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will direct the relevant authorities to investigate the claim made by Wouter Basson during his trial in South Africa in July 2000 that he was able to purchase defence software developed in the UK through colleagues at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what account his Department has taken in its formulation of policy on training of the summing-up remarks of Mr. Justice Royce of Winchester Crown Court before the acquittal of Provost Sergeant Russell Price, Sergeant Paul Blake and Corporal John Edwards on 31...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what account his Department has taken in its formulation of policy on training of the summing-up remarks of Mr. Justice Royce of Winchester Crown Court before the acquittal of Provost Sergeant Russell Price, Sergeant Paul Blake and Corporal John Edwards on 31...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths of UK armed forces personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan are considered to have resulted from the use of technology, explosives, ordnance or other weapons whose provenance is believed to be Iranian; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths of UK armed forces personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan are considered to have resulted from the use of technology, explosives, ordnance or other weapons whose provenance is believed to be Iranian; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and for what purpose South Africa's Surgeon-General, Niel Knobel, visited Porton Down; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and for what purpose South Africa's Surgeon-General, Niel Knobel, visited Porton Down; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons his Department has not written to the hon. Member for Thurrock with details of the plans to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the First World War's armistice on 11 November 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons his Department has not written to the hon. Member for Thurrock with details of the plans to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the First World War's armistice on 11 November 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received on the practice of beasting in the Royal Welsh Regiment; which senior officers (a) have been admonished and (b) are the subject of disciplinary action arising from the practice of beasting in the regiment since 3 July...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received on the practice of beasting in the Royal Welsh Regiment; which senior officers (a) have been admonished and (b) are the subject of disciplinary action arising from the practice of beasting in the regiment since 3 July...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions his Department has instructed the Treasury Solicitor to seek leave to appeal to the House of Lords from (a) the Court of Appeal and (b) the House of Lords itself in each of the last 10 years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions his Department has instructed the Treasury Solicitor to seek leave to appeal to the House of Lords from (a) the Court of Appeal and (b) the House of Lords itself in each of the last 10 years; and...