Question follow-through · 26300
Israel Defense Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings his Department has had with Israel Defense Forces personnel since 5 July 2024; who participated in those meetings; and when those meetings took place.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 24 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Israel: Military Aid · 27 Feb 2025
- Gaza: Military Aircraft · 19 Mar 2025
- RAF Akrotiri: Military Aircraft · 17 Apr 2025
- Armed Conflict: Civilians · 4 Dec 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
24 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings his Department has had with Israel Defense Forces personnel since 5 July 2024; who participated in those meetings; and when those meetings took place.
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2025
Answer published
Israel is an important regional partner for the UK and we have a broad relationship including on Defence. The Ministry of Defence routinely conducts bilateral Defence engagement with the Israel Defense Forces, the Palestinian Authority, and the US, as par...
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.
Israel: Military Aid
27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the British Palestinian Committee entitled British Military Collaboration with Israel, published on 28 January 2025.
Gaza: Military Aircraft
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the RAF has deployed Shadow R1 surveillance flights to Gaza since 15 January 2025.
RAF Akrotiri: Military Aircraft
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when an RAF aircraft was last deployed from RAF Akrotiri on a strike mission; and what the intended target was.
Armed Conflict: Civilians
4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16763, what discussions his Department has had with civil society organisations since 3 December 2024 to evaluate its approach to civilian harm mitigation and