Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What his Department’s policy is on the One Yorkshire devolution proposals.”
Tabled: 7 January 2020Answered: 13 January 2020
Asked by
Emma Hardy
Labour — Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Al Carns)
The Royal Navy, in collaboration with the Joint Maritime Security Centre, maintains constant surveillance of UK waters to uphold maritime security and deter threats, with a combination of surface and sub-surface vessels, maritime patrol aircraft and autonomous assets ready to support. As we make the important transition to a hybrid Navy, we will see that surveillance increasingly augmented by autonomous systems. Let me be clear: we are ready and willing to respond robustly to threats and to defeat them if required.