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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made by the Government to the Belgian authorities concerning the potential impact on Pilckem Ridge of the projected route of the A19 motorway in Flanders.

Asked by
Lord Dodds of Duncairn (Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 January 2003
Reference
84521; 397 c263W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the British Embassy in Paris, (b) the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and (c) the French Government concerning the graves of soldiers killed at the Somme.

Asked by
Parmjit Dhanda (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 July 2002
Reference
68611; 388 c942W;388 c944W
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises the debt that this country will forever hold to the hundreds of thousands of men killed in battle during the First World War; calls on the Government to emphasise to the French Government that any proposal to build an airport over the graves of British soldiers...

Primary sponsor
Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
12 March 2002
Reference
982
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to the Belgian Government on plans to extend the A19 over war cemeteries.

Asked by
Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 March 2002
Reference
40583; 381 c166-7W
House
House of Commons

What consultation the French Government had with them and with ex-service organisations in the United Kingdom prior to announcing the decision to build a third Paris airport on a Somme battlefield where British war graves are sited; and what action they have taken or are considering taking. [HL 1460].

Asked by
Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 2001
Reference
HL 1460; 630 c76WA
House
House of Lords

That this House is concerned at the proposed building of a third airport for Paris on the Somme battlefields which could lead to war graves having to be moved; and urges her Majesty's Government to make the strongest representations to the French authorities in recognition of the strong opposition which...

Primary sponsor
Lord Dodds of Duncairn (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Early day motions
Date
12 December 2001
Reference
565
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 July 1996
Reference
281 c160-1
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on French and British contributions to Somme commemoration at Thiepval.
Asked by
Gerald Kaufman (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
9 July 1996
Reference
281 c160-1
House
House of Commons

What information his Department has evaluated about the recent plundering of graves of British servicemen killed on the Somme and at Ypres in the First World War; what action he is taking.

Asked by
Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 May 1996
Reference
27931; 277 c21W
House
House of Commons

If planning permission has been given for the Somme Heritage Centre at Whitespots, Bangor Road, Newtownnards; and if work has commenced on site.

Asked by
Lord Kilclooney (Ulster Unionist Party)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 March 1993
Reference
221 c409W
House
House of Commons