United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 90673
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13 November 2025
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21 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will make it his Department's policy to reinstate the two-power standard as applied to the Royal Navy Fleet.
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13 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will make it his Department's policy to reinstate the two-power standard as applied to the Royal Navy Fleet.
Source: Commons
21 November 2025
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The 'two-power standard' was set out by the Naval Defence Act 1889 and dictated that the Royal Navy (RN) should maintain a fleet at least as strong as the next two powerful navies combined. Today our security is underpinned by NATO's collective defence, w...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-13/90673
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1852483
- uk · wq-1852483 · source updated 21 November 2025