07 Jul 16. Defence Committee. The Government has today published the Government response to its Report, Beyond endurance? Military exercises and the duty of care.
Madeleine Moon MP, a member of the Committee and chair of the sub-committee commented:
“We welcome the Government’s helpful and constructive response to many parts of our Report. We are also grateful for the commitment to keep us informed of the various initiatives that the Ministry of Defence is currently undertaking to improve safety during training, exercises and selection events.
We are, however, disappointed that the Government has rejected our modest proposals to reform the military exemptions in the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007. We continue to believe that these proposals would have improved accountability in these matters.
This is not the end of our interest and we intend to pursue these matters with the MoD in the coming months”.
The Government response will be published as the Committee’s Second Special Report, Beyond endurance? Military exercises and the duty of care: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2015-16 (HC 525) on Sunday 10 July at 00.01am.
House of Commons and House of Lords Hansard Written Answers
Asked by Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington)
Asked on: 30 June 2016
Ministry of Defence
NATO
41536
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on the UK’s role in NATO.
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Answered by: Mr Julian Brazier
Answered on: 07 July 2016
We remain committed to operations and missions around the world as a strong and reliable ally. We will continue to play our part in countering Daesh; working with allies and partners on migration operations in the Aegean and Mediterranean; and supporting nations such as Afghanistan in their fight against terrorism.
We will continue to be a leading member of NATO; we are a permanent member of the UN Security Council; a member of the Commonwealth, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Northern Group in Europe, the Five Power Defence Arrangements in the Far East, and the Five Eyes arrangements; and, we have strong and valued bilateral relationships in the Defence and security field with countries around the world. The EU Referendum does not change this.
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Asked by Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington)
Asked on: 30 June 2016
Ministry of Defence
Islamic State
41537
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on the UK’s ability to work with allies in Syria and Iraq to fight Daesh.
A
Answered by: Mr Julian Brazier
Answered on: 07 July 2016
We remain committed to operations and missions around the world as a strong and reliable ally. We will continue to play our part in countering Daesh; working with allies and partners on migration operations in the Aegean and Mediterranean; and supporting nations such as Afghanistan in their fight against terrorism.
We will continue to be a leading member of NATO; we are a permanent member of the UN Security Council; a member of the Commonwealth, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Northern Group in Europe, the Five Power Defence Arrangements in the Far East, and the Five Eyes arrangements; and, we have strong and valued bilateral relationships in the Defence and security field with countries around the world. The EU Referendum does not change this.