WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 23821

Explosives: Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential dangers posed by explosive ordnance on international exports and imports.

answeredMinistry of Defence

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential dangers posed by explosive ordnance on international exports and imports.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The export of explosive ordnance would require a UK export licence. The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) are the UK's strategic licensing authority for such goods.Imports of civil explosives are administered ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sea Mines: Bomb Disposal

15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken with international partners to dispose of legacy marine mines.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Military Aircraft: Crew

25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of Royal Air Force fighter pilots.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bomb Disposal

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the UK's explosive ordnance disposal capacity.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Unmanned Marine Systems

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress the Royal Navy has made on the (a) development and (b) deployment of autonomous maritime mine hunting technologies.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Recruitment

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) accessibility and (b) consistency of information on (i) rights and (ii) entitlements available to non-UK recruits.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to non-UK armed forces personnel.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Finance

13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 631 to 634, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the announcement

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Warships: Iron and Steel

13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) proportion and (b) value was of steel from the (i) US and (ii) EU used in UK military shipbuilding in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

USA: Iron and Steel

13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US steel tariffs on UK military shipbuilding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Submarines: Deployment

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to reduce the duration of submarine patrols.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Welding

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of vacancies for welders within the defence industry.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Training

20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking tackle skills gaps within the defence industry.