Question follow-through · 15863
Defence Equipment: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment produced in China his Department has bought at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Defence Equipment · 26 Nov 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
25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment produced in China his Department has bought at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.
27 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) welcomes foreign trade where it allows us to provide our Armed Forces with the equipment they require, meets our stringent legal and regulatory requirements and does not compromise our national security. Defence utilises Chin...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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