Question· Written questionUIN 119400answered
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his proposed timetable is for publishing the Defence Investment Plan.
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Question· Written questionUIN 119549answered
Defence Equipment: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to procure a Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System to counter incoming a) rockets, b) artillery, c) mortars and d) drones.
Question· Written questionUIN 119579answered
Defence: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to help ensure that overseas-owned original equipment manufacturers keep work in the UK supply chain in the event of delays or pauses to defence programmes.
Question· Written questionUIN 119707answered
Ukraine: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the role of Ukrainian defence technology innovation in strengthening NATO partners’ capabilities against drone and ballistic missile threats.
Question· Written questionUIN 119701answered
Defence: International Cooperation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the UK Government is taking to promote collaborative defence innovation initiatives involving the UK, European partners and Ukraine.
Question· Written questionUIN 119702answered
Defence and Technology: Ukraine
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support UK companies seeking to collaborate with Ukrainian defence and dual-use technology innovators.
Question· Written questionUIN 119704answered
Ukraine: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to UK companies seeking to supply innovation-based defence technologies to Ukraine.
Question· Written questionUIN 908301answered
Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the UK’s readiness for war.
Question· Written questionUIN 119708answered
Ukraine: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with European partners on strengthening cooperation with Ukraine in defence innovation and dual-use technology development.
Question· Written questionUIN 119703answered
Defence and Technology: Ukraine
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support collaboration between UK technology companies and Ukrainian defence and dual-use technology innovators.
Question· Written questionUIN 119706answered
Defence and Technology: Ukraine
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic and industrial merits to the UK of strengthening partnerships with Ukraine’s defence innovation and technology sector.
Question· Written questionUIN 119550answered
Defence: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the complete list of current project names being undertaken by the Ministry of Defence.
Question· Written questionUIN 119558answered
Defence: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of a) deconflicting and b) combining Project Shrinker with Project Cairns.
Question· Written questionUIN 119698answered
Defence: International Cooperation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to strengthen collaboration between Ukrainian, British and European defence technology innovators.
Question· Written questionUIN 119699answered
Defence: International Cooperation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what initiatives his Department is part of that aim to foster cooperation between Ukrainian defence innovators and the UK and European industrial and technology ecosystems.
Question· Written questionUIN 119700answered
Defence: International Cooperation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of joint UK–EU–Ukraine research and development programmes in areas such as autonomous systems, counter-drone technologies and missile defence.
Question· Written questionUIN 119705answered
Ukraine: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential economic and security impacts for the UK defence sector of increases in cooperation with Ukraine’s defence innovation ecosystem.
Question· Written questionUIN 119578answered
Defence: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that original equipment manufacturers pay their supply-chain suppliers within 30 days; what reporting and transparency requirements apply to foreign prime contractors
Question· Written questionUIN 119695answered
Ukraine: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of how the battlefield experience and technological innovations developed by Ukrainian defence forces and industry could inform the United Kingdom’s own defence capabilities and operat
Question· Written questionUIN 119696answered
Ukraine: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure the defence sector can learn from Ukraine’s operational experience in countering drones, missile threats and electronic warfare.
Question· Written questionUIN 119577answered
Armed Forces: Health
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of serving British soldiers are classified as medically fit for immediate deployment; and how this compares to NATO readiness benchmarks.
Question· Written questionUIN 119610answered
Chagos Islands: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 1 September 2025 to Question HL9555 on Chagos Islands: Defence, what the percentage split is between the two Departments.
Question· Written questionUIN 908286answered
Defence and National Security: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of Exchequer on meeting the NATO target of spending five per cent of GDP on defence and national security.
Question· Written questionUIN 119573answered
Armed Forces: Standards
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on improving the lethality of the armed forces since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review.
Question· Written questionUIN 119429answered
Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether AI companies under contract to the Armed Services could be legally required to operate a) fully autonomous lethal operations and b) mass surveillance.
Record· PetitionPetition 763793rejected
Increase spending on defence in the UK
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2026
The Government needs to focus spending directly to maintaining a minimum threshold of essential resources required to sustain a continuous defence if the world enters a new time of conflict such as an escalation of current hostilities. We must start now instead of just promising to increase it later There is a majority Government in House of Commons so they have full ability to create the budget as they want. With this ability they should be aiming to help the UK as a whole to the greatest extent possible however as such an inability to protect ourselves in times of conflict means they failed. While researching for my active citizenship project I realised that while we were spending our money on new high tech equipment we lacked the essential resources to sustain an effective defence.
Record· PetitionPetition 763775rejected
Increase defence spending into armed forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2026
An increased need to put more money into defence such as our Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force due to the decline of military availability (like the decrease in warships available). This could be made an option by decreasing spending into welfare, especially the money going to asylum seekers. The rising conflicts around the world, such as Russia and Ukraine, and now the war with Iran, the UK has already seen a delay in response (delayed sending of HMS Dragon) to help our bases and allies in the middle east that have been struck by drones and missiles. We have a limited number of warships available in the event of a large scale war with a country, with a significant decrease from other years, which shows the decrease in support for our defence. e.g 2002 with 60+ warships.
Question· Written questionUIN 118981answered
Estonia: Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the establishment of the Baltic Military Mobility Area on UK armed forces operations in Estonia.
Question· Written questionUIN 118687answered
Defence Equipment: Investment
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mobilise private finance for the development of defence technology, a) in the start-up sector and b) from European investors.
Question· Written questionUIN 119090answered
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the number of staff dedicated to preparing the Defence Investment Plan over the last twelve months.
Question· Written questionHL HL15301answered
Local Growth Plans: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Local Growth Plans align with the Defence Industrial Strategy 2025; and what action they are taking to provide greater opportunities for more regions to ensure that alignment.
Question· Written questionUIN 118701answered
Middle East: Ballistic Missile Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of deploying additional missile defence systems to allies in the Gulf, such as the UAE and Bahrain.
Record· PetitionPetition 763654open
Issue defence bonds
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2026
Government to issue defence bonds to support defence spending to boost recruitment, improve retention and manufacture materiel. In our view national defence aspirations are cut by a lack of investment in defence. As a veteran I reflect aghast at how the RN has shuffled diminished & become hamstrung. All government departments put competing demands on the public purse and I think social projects always seem to triumph. In my view, a society blind to the geopolitical and antagonist risks that threaten our security and interests, cogent appeals and socialisation by our military elite are ignored and the governments’ inaction, simply wastes time. Notwithstanding the evolution of warfare, we will always need personal and hardware to project our values. I think bonds will provide a ring fenced fund to kickstart the process NOW.
Record· PetitionPetition 763638rejected
Increase defence funding to strengthen and expand all UK military forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2026
I would like the Government to increase the defence budget to rebuild and strengthen the UK’s Armed Forces. The United Kingdom faces growing global instability, and increasing security threats. A strong and capable military is essential to deter aggression and protect national sovereignty. The UK Armed Forces are currently in a dire state, with reduced personnel numbers, ageing equipment, and increasing operational demands. Increased defence funding is urgently needed to rebuild force numbers, modernise equipment, and restore military readiness so the UK can effectively defend itself.
Record· PetitionPetition 763635rejected
The right for women to carry pepper-spray for intended purposes of self defense.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2026
I want the government to give women the right to safely and efficiently protect themselves whether it be from physical or sexual harm. There are too many women that fall victim to sexual assault and rape, their oppresors, un-convicted. We need to stop this, we need harsher laws on these attackers. Because as a person with indistinguishable power, respect, wealth and support. As a leader, as a human, a person. Is it not within your juridsticion to keep your mothers, daughters, nieces and sisters safe? To keep your people safe, the people that go through day to day life in constant strife, with no hope for change, with no faith in you, people who are so far out of reach, to maybe just come down from your podiums and empthaise with the people and their causes? If so I hope you consider this.
Record· PetitionPetition 763618rejected
Make self defence classes mandatory for young girls in schools.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2026
Teach young girls what attack can look like and what the warning signs are. Teach young girls what they can do to defend themselves within the parameters of the law. Femicide is on the rise, women are assaulted everyday, it is time to stand up. Far too many women are victims from a young age and don’t know it or know how to defend themselves.
Question· Written questionUIN 118554answered
Ministry of Defence: Ethnic Groups
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence his Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in relation to the recording of Sikhs and Jewish people as ethnic groups.
Question· Written questionUIN 118565answered
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK's military capabilities.
Question· Written questionUIN 118569answered
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made on the adequacy of the UK's air defence.
Question· Written questionUIN 118571answered
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s defence industrial base.
Question· Written questionUIN 118647answered
Falkland Islands: Defence Equipment
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of modern military technologies, including drones, for the security of the Falkland Islands.
Question· Written questionUIN 118649answered
Falkland Islands: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of UK military capabilities to deter threats to the Falkland Islands.
Question· Written questionUIN 118570answered
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the UK's level of military readiness for potential large-scale conflict.
Question· Written questionUIN 118572answered
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) improve military readiness and (b) address gaps in military capability to build resilience to (i) current and (ii) future threats.
Record· PetitionPetition 763344open
Establish and fund a National Defence Reinvestment Programme
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2026
We urge the Government to launch a National Defence Reinvestment Programme, beginning with an initial capital investment equivalent to 5% of GDP. We are concerned the UK has become dangerously underprepared after decades of under-investment in defence (the so-called post–Cold War “peace dividend”). The Programme should include: Immediate strategic investment in building stockpiles and critical infrastructure for homeland defence. Sustained annual defence investment to ensure Britain possesses the forces, industrial base, and technological edge it needs. Rebuild national resilience to prioritise air and missile defence, munitions production, advanced technologies, cyber security, and the protection of critical infrastructure. Strengthen our defence industrial base and review how to support NATO better. Ensure a credible deterrence for the UK.
Question· Written questionUIN 118312answered
Military Aircraft: Defence Equipment
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in installing the (a) defensive aid suite and (b) missile countermeasures to the RAF’s Envoy IV fleet.
Question· Written questionHL HL15252answered
Armed Forces: Nuclear Weapons
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards equipping UK armed forces with nuclear weapon capability additional to the submarine continuous at-sea deterrent.
Question· Written questionUIN 118328answered
Allied Reaction Force: Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to question 116103 on NATO Response Force, what size of sub-unit from the a) Royal Marines Commando Force, b) Ranger Regiment and c) RAF Regiment will be committed to the NA
Record· PetitionPetition 763202open
Do not increase defence spending due to situation in Iran
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2026
Maintain UK military spending at its current level or reduce it, rather than introducing any increase linked to current tensions in the Middle East. We are concerned that the Government may use global instability and the situation in Iran to justify a rise in UK military spending. Oil price volatility is already increasing the cost of everyday essentials, and further defence spending increases would add additional pressure to public finances. We are concerned that raising military spending could lead to cuts to public services, worsening the cost-of-living pressures already facing households. We believe the Government should prioritise domestic well-being.
Question· Written questionUIN 117838answered
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation on defence and security; which directorate in their Departme