Following the recent publication of a Government White Paper on Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, North Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry has called on Defence Ministers to consolidate MOD Logistics at Bicester and to promote Bicester as a centre of excellence for defence logistics, support and yechnology.

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): What development support he is providing to Burma. [92784]

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): When the sentencing judge orders an individual to be deported, why can that judge not make a finding of fact as to their nationality, so that, as of that moment, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice can make it clear to the high commission or embassy concerned that that prisoner will be returned to that country at the conclusion of their sentence?

On Saturday, the Shadow Chancellor admitted that if the Labour Party were in Government, they would not deviate from the tough decisions that George Osborne and David Cameron are making in an effort to cut the deficit.

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): I do not intend to refer to the policy of the Director of Public Prosecutions in cases of encouraging or assisting suicide or to the report of the Commission on Assisted Dying because I note that my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Richard Ottaway) has been given a debate by the Backbench Business Committee. Hopefully that debate, in which I suspect that many hon. Members present today will seek to catch Mr Speaker’s eye, will give us the opportunity to make our views known on those matters.

Following the Government’s HS2 annoucement, North Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry has sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Transport regarding compensation.

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2011, Official Report, column 458W, on illegal immigrants, how many overstayers have been identified by e-border checks in each of the first nine months of 2011; and how many of those overstayers have now been removed. [87740]

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he has allocated to investment in carers services within the baseline allocations for primary care trusts in 2012-13; and how much he plans to allocate in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15. [87960]

Please click on the link provided here to access a copy of the letter from the Minister regarding the Horton General Hospital: Horton Hospital Issues from Simon Burns 211211.

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): In many cases the trial judge makes an order for deportation as part of the sentence, but a significant number of offenders destroy their passports and paperwork in an attempt to frustrate deportation. Would two things be possible? First, the trial judge could be invited to make a finding of fact at the time of sentencing about the citizenship of the offender. Secondly, to follow on from the question asked by the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, notice could be served on the offender’s high commission or embassy indicating that on completion of the sentence the individual would be deported to the country concerned, and inviting the full co-operation of that embassy or high commission.