Question follow-through · 12580
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure UK components supplied to the F-35 programme can be subjected to (a) a product recall and (b) an air accident investigation process .
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- 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
4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure UK components supplied to the F-35 programme can be subjected to (a) a product recall and (b) an air accident investigation process .
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2024
Answer published
If there is a need for a product recall this will be managed by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) through its global industry supply chain.Air accident investigation is undertaken by the F-35 Partner Nation that has experienced the accident. They will b...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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Christmas Island: Royal Fleet Auxiliary
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service present at the nuclear test on Christmas Island are entitled to a pension of compensation.