Question follow-through · 900609
Submarines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the future of the UK's submersible capabilities.
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
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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, what steps he is taking to ensure the future of the UK's submersible capabilities.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government’s unwavering commitment to the triple lock to our nuclear deterrent is underpinned by major infrastructure programmes underway on the Clyde and in Devonport and the Dreadnought submarine programme in Barrow-in-Furness.Our commitment to SSN...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Defence: Reform
18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who in the new Defence Reform Quad structure is responsible for ensuring that new commercial technologies are adopted by the armed forces.