Question follow-through · 34293
Strategic Defence Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many draft versions of the Strategic Defence Review he has received from Lord Robertson.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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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
27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many draft versions of the Strategic Defence Review he has received from Lord Robertson.
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Strategic Defence Review is advanced as the Prime Minister has said. The Review, which will be published in the spring, will help set the path for Britain's defence for the next decade.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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