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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an assessment on the role of Chaplains in the Armed Forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2025
A Bill to make provision for establishing an independent public inquiry into data breaches by the Ministry of Defence and other public bodies relating to applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme and Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme; to provide the inquiry with the power to question Ministers, former Ministers, officials and other relevant persons about the circumstances surrounding such breaches, including action taken in response to the breaches and decisions taken by the Government in relation to legal proceedings in respect of the breaches; to require the inquiry to report within one year of its establishment; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
We petition the UK Government to review the Firearms Act 1968 and Offensive Weapons Act 2019 to create a new category for approved, licensed, non-lethal self-defence tools (e.g., regulated sprays/tasers) for women and vulnerable individuals, following background checks and safety training. Current UK law limits self-defence to safety alarms, leaving law-abiding citizens,feeling defenseless against violent attackers.Carrying any other non-lethal self-defence item, like CS spray or a Kubotan, can result in a felony charge.A licensed system would empower citizens with a proportionate means of escape and physical deterrent, reducing attack severity and enabling fundamental self-preservation,focusing the law on enabling victims rather than punishing preparation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
I have today laid before parliament the 14th Armed Forces Annual Covenant Report, delivering the statutory duty of the Secretary of State for Defence under the Armed Forces Act 2006.Since 2011, the Armed Forces Covenant has been a promise by the nation th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I have today laid before parliament the 14th Armed Forces Annual Covenant Report, delivering the statutory duty of the Secretary of ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Department has ownership of the Office for Small Business Growth.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Quarterly service personnel statistics: 1 October 2025, what assessment has he made of the cause of the decrease of personnel in the Full-Time Trained Strength (RN/RM & RAF) and Full-Time Tr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s defence industrial base to support rapid mobilisation and sustained conflict.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to tackle UK defence capability gaps.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the UK’s ability to defend against a large scale conventional military attack.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of whether current force levels across the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are sufficient to meet assessed threats.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when will the first phase of the Light Mobility Vehicle Project be completed.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to respond to Question 97807 from the hon. Member for South Suffolk on Defence: Finance before the rise of the House on 18 December 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of small and medium sized businesses in the Department's supply chain.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total cost of implementing the Warfighting Ready Plan 2029.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking through defence spending to help increase economic growth in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter written to the Defence Committee entitled Ministry of Defence paper providing information on Defence Reform, published on 21 October 2025, if he will list the quarterly reform program
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Investment Plan will be published by the end of 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's definition is of liquidated damages.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legal actions his Department has sought to initiate for liquidated damages from contractors in the last five years, broken down by a) project name, b) original contract value and c) sums recovered by his Dep
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the largest sum ever recovered by his Department is following a successful legal action for liquidated damages against a contractor; and for which programme this applied.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many formal performance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments made to departing staff in the last year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the past twelve months, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary allegation related t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a delay to the appointment of the Armed Forces Commissioner.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many AI contracts have been awarded by his Department since 5 July 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the underspend and overspend was for (a) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (b) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit for the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army and (iii) RAF as at 1 November 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help increase innovation in the defence sector in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New robots lead the way in bomb disposal innovation, published on 5 February 2025, how many contracts he has placed with AeroVironment since 5 February 20
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's oral Answer to the Urgent Question on 8 November 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, if he will list the other pieces of equipment in relation to which use has b
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Underwater robot could improve pipeline and cable security, published on 9 June 2025, if he will list all contracts placed by his Department with Sonardyn
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Underwater robot could improve pipeline and cable security, published on 9 June 2025, if he will list all contracts placed by his Department with ECS Spec
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2025
We call on the Government to amend self-defence law to give explicit statutory protection to any adult who reasonably and proportionately intervenes to protect a child from immediate assault, sexual assault, or grooming. We would like: - Rebuttable presumption that force used to defend a child was reasonable. - Immunity from “excessive force” charges when honestly believing a child was in imminent danger and acting in good faith. We believe that too many hesitate, fearing arrest. We think this could remove that fear and encourage intervention, while keeping force proportionate.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by his Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025,
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025 to Question 95703 on Defence: Contracts, what the contracts valued above £500 million for (a) Serco, (b) Rolls-Royce, (c) Rolls-Royce Submarines, (d) Sierra Nevada Compan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will the Warfighting Ready Plan 2029 reach full operating capability.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish the Warfighting Ready Plan 2029.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 95697 on UK Defence and Security Exports, where UK Defence Exports is based.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 94226 on Ministry of Defence: Stark from the hon. Member for Rochdale.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
I am pleased to set out that the UK has acceded to the Agreement on Defence Export Controls, to which France, Germany and Spain are existing Parties. This represents another step forward in our support for the vital role played by UK’s defence industry in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
My hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry (Luke Pollard) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to set out that the UK has acceded to the Agreement on Defence Export Controls, to which France, Germany and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 97048, how many Single Living Accommodation units in the United Kingdom have recorded Legionella, in each year since 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to the Urgent Question on 8 November 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, whether the Ajax programme safety investigations have caused a delay to the publi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Questions 97049 and 97052 on Armed Forces: Housing.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US National Security Strategy, dated November 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the salary bill was for Defence Equipment and Support in 2024-25.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the a) Corporate Chief Executive Officer of General Dynamics and b) Head of General Dynamics UK.