Question follow-through · 900599
Veterans: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will have discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of making the Minister with responsibility for veterans a member of the Cabinet.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals · 15 Oct 2024
- Veterans: Northern Ireland · 6 May 2025
- F-35 Aircraft · 25 Jun 2025
- Ukraine: Military Aid · 28 Oct 2025
- Military Aircraft: Exhaust Emissions · 16 Jun 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will have discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of making the Minister with responsibility for veterans a member of the Cabinet.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
It is my personal responsibility to represent veterans at Cabinet and I am proud to do it.With the Office for Veterans Affairs now part of the MOD and the Minister for Veterans and People working across Government and with veteran groups, we are determine...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Veterans: Northern Ireland
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £50 million allocated to the new VALOUR comes from his Department's existing budget.
F-35 Aircraft
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Ukraine: Military Aid
28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of equipment to Ukraine.
Military Aircraft: Exhaust Emissions
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether studies have been done on potential links between military aircraft exhaust emissions and rare cancers.
Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for a new fleet of cars to be circulated into service after the Land Rover vehicles have been recalled and retired.