Question follow-through · 35454
USA: Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to divest from defence procurement from the US.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 6 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
- USA: Defence · 14 Mar 2025
- USA: Defence Equipment · 19 Mar 2025
- USA: Defence · 25 Mar 2025
- Defence: Finance · 2 Apr 2025
- Ministry of Defence: Written Questions · 2 Apr 2025
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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
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to divest from defence procurement from the US.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to improving the UK defence industrial base to ensure a robust defence sector, support economic growth and provide greater certainty in procurement processes.The United States is the United Kingdom's primary defence and securi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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