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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 33149 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing, what the difference is in the level of protection between the Peltor ComTac XP/XPI ear defender and the General S
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider the UK's nuclear capability.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of direct action taken by Palestine Action on the (a) defence sector and (b) adequacy of the supply of assets to the Armed Forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29341 on Ministry of Defence: Israel, which Israeli officials visited his Department on 5 February 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what personnel levels are in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) reserve forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its arm’s length bodies has spent on external communications through (i) Crown Commercial Service agreement RM6125 and (ii) other agreements since 5 July 2024; and whic
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 25 February (HL5027), whether any of the Army, the Royal Navy, or the Royal Airforce are paid members or affiliates of Stonewall.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what conditions (1) regular members of the British Army, (2) members of the Army Reserve, (3) members of the Regular Reserve, (4) members of the recall reserve, and (5) civilians employed by the Ministry of Defence are subj
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what definition they use for "family members" in the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the contracts for the three external reviewers conducting the Strategic Defence Review have been extended.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on Peltor ComTac XP/XPI ear defence since the Tactical Hearing Protection System was introduced in 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in defence spending on investment in Fylde constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of issuing the Peltor ComTac XP/XPI to service personnel as standard.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) accessibility and (b) consistency of information on (i) rights and (ii) entitlements available to non-UK recruits.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to non-UK armed forces personnel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide information for non-UK personnel at recruitment and transition about their rights and entitlements.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33147 on Armed Forces: Commonwealth, which (a) units and (b) independent sub-units form the Brigade of Gurkhas; and which regular armed forces units include Nepa
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a comparative an assessment of the career trajectories of (a) non-UK and (b) UK personnel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to remove barriers for families of non-UK Armed Forces personnel to stay in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33145 on Armed Forces: Sexual Offences, if he will provide a breakdown of the Service personnel charged with sexual assault between 2014 and 2024 by (a) rank and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33145 on Armed Forces: Sexual Offences, how many of those incidents occurred (a) before and (b) after the implementation of the zero tolerance policy toward inap
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of the Defence Gateway in enabling communication with and the work of the active and strategic reserve.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend or replace the contract for the Defence Gateway.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
The UK government should create a fund to which its citizens can donate money which would be ring-fenced for the defense of Ukraine. The fund's should only be used to supply UK manufactured products which would help to boost the UK's own economy. All donations should have Gift Aid applied. Donations could be made as a one-off or a monthly subscription - people might opt to cancel monthly subscriptions, such as streaming and online shopping services, and donate that money to the fund with minimal impact to their own finances. This provides the citizens of the UK a safe way to directly support the people of Ukraine. It also ensures that the money spent directly supports UK business & industry and is not being sent to countries actively working with the Russian aggressor.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK defence budget is spent on the procurement of (a) items and (b) services from the US.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to divest from defence procurement from the US.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to comments by President Trump on support for Ukraine, whether he is taking steps to re-allocate funding to domestic (a) procurement, (b) services and (c) other defence expenditure.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of defence spending went to SMEs in 2023-24 by region.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of apprenticeships within the (i) Armed Forces and (ii) associated supply chains.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT on school fees on military families.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) UK pays the US and (b) US pays the UK in defence-related expenditure each year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent roles there are in his Department relating to equality, diversity and inclusion; and how many of those roles are unfilled but budgeted for.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more neurodiverse graduates into the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the red rating of the Core Production Capability programme by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in its Annual Report on Major Projects 2023-24, publi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
Immediately (in 30 days) increase defence spending to 4% GDP for 2yrs. Then 3.5% GDP onwards. Attempt to avoid giving money for arms to outside nations, but instead invest in the UK arms system. Investment in expanding existing industry and creating new production sites in UK. We think a level of dependence on outside factors has been established that should be removed from UK security institutions to reduce negative outcomes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's target is for direct SME spending in the 2024-25 financial year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence SME Hub will be fully operational.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Government’s defence innovation announcements on businesses in St Athan and the wider Vale of Glamorgan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 33149 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing, how many pairs of Peltor ComTac XP/XPI ear defenders his Department has (a) issued and (b) in store.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 33149 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing, what the difference in cost is between the Peltor ComTac XP/XPI and the legacy General Service Peltor Ear Muff.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Strategic Defence Review on employment opportunities for veterans in the Vale of Glamorgan; whether his Department has conducted an evaluation of the a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £13.4 billion for the armed forces was calculated based on NATO-qualifying spending; and what his Departmental budget will be in the 2027-28 financial year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of whether real-terms or nominal figures provide the most accurate metric for evaluating an increase in defence spending.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Overseas Development Assistance budget will remain the only funding source for the increase in defence spending throughout this Parliament.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral statement on Defence and Security of 25 February 2025, Official Report, column 631, how much and what proportion of the £13.4 billion increase in defence spending is new m
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral statement on Defence and Security of 25 February 2025, Official Report, column 631, what the level of defence spending was due to be in the 2027-28 financial year prior to
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP on (a) security and (b) resilience in Vale of Glamorgan constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with PTSD Resolution on tackling (a) harassment and (b) sexual assault in the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the recent announcements on the increase in defence spending, what plans they have, if any, for (1) the recruitment of additional military recruits from Wales, (2) the tendering of new contracts for supplies or s