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National Space Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the next meeting is of the Space Council.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 2 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 4 Dec 2024
Answer: 10 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the next meeting is of the Space Council.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2024
Answer published
Along with colleagues from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and others across Government, the Ministry of Defence is developing plans for space activities to be coordinated and led across relevant Departments. These efforts will align...

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