Question follow-through · 9416
Veterans: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to create a welfare services governance board for veterans' issues in Northern Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Veterans: Identity Cards · 23 Oct 2024
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- Global Combat Air Programme · 16 Dec 2024
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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
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to create a welfare services governance board for veterans' issues in Northern Ireland.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring that veterans are able to access the appropriate support they require wherever they live in the UK and will be seeking to more effectively coordinate and cohere the support that is available. This will build on the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Unmanned Air Systems
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Cadets
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Global Combat Air Programme
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Ministry of Defence Guard Service: Northern Ireland
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Torpedoes: Procurement
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NATO: Finance
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NATO: Finance
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Army Cadet Force
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