NATO
A Debate Pack to be published for the general debate on ‘NATO’, scheduled for Tuesday 5 June 2018 in the…
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Armed forces
Royal Navy: A return to the Far East?
In an ‘unprecedented’ move, the UK is sending three warships to Asia-Pacific in 2018, the first time in five years that a Royal Navy warship has travelled to the Far East.…
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Replacing the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent: Progress of the Dreadnought Class
In a vote in July 2016 the House of Commons approved the decision to maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent beyond…
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Prospects for combat air: What follows Typhoon and Lightning?
The Ministry of Defence is developing a Combat Air Strategy to look at the UK’s future Combat Air requirements. This…
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Armed Forces accommodation allowance exemption
In the Autumn Budget 2017 the Government announced that it would introduce an income tax and NICs exemption for certain…
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EU Defence: the realisation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
On 13 November 2017, 23 EU Member States submitted a Joint Notification to the EU Council of Ministers setting out…
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European defence: where is it heading?
In light of Brexit, an increasingly assertive Russia and the unpredictable attitude of the current US administration toward European security,…
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Troops in Afghanistan: April 2018 update
Approximately 650 UK armed forces personnel are deployed in Afghanistan in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.…
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Parliamentary approval for military action
The deployment of the Armed Forces is currently a prerogative power. Parliament has no legally established role and the Government…
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Syria and chemical weapons – in brief
The UK, US and France carried out missile strikes against targets in Syria on 14 April 2018. The Prime Minister…
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Modernising the Army’s armoured vehicles
The UK Army’s armoured fighting vehicles fleet is to be refreshed. This Commons Library briefing paper looks at Challenger and…
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National security and Russia
On 26 March 2018 the House of Commons debates national security and Russia.…
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ISIS/Daesh: what now for the military campaign in Iraq and Syria?
ISIS has lost 98% of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria and in December 2017 the Iraqi…
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Armed Forces Covenant in Northern Ireland
This Debate Pack has been produced ahead of the Opposition Day debate to be held in the Commons Chamber on…
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UK Defence Personnel Statistics
This note provides details on how UK military service personnel statistics are measured and discusses current and historic strength levels.…
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