United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 60433
Armed Forces: Speeches
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17 June 2025
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23 June 2025 · Answer
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Defence
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23 June 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has advised senior military officers not to speak on the record at events where a Minister is present; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that guidance on
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17 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has advised senior military officers not to speak on the record at events where a Minister is present; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that guidance on
Source: Commons
23 June 2025
Answer
This is not true. Recently, the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Roly Walker spoke on the record, and live on Sky Television at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference on the same day as the Secretary of State for Defence.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-17/60433
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1813499
- uk · wq-1813499 · source updated 23 June 2025