Question follow-through · 37109
War Graves: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to protect Royal Navy war graves in international waters.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Army: Recruitment · 10 Oct 2025
- Security Action for Europe · 9 Dec 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
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to protect Royal Navy war graves in international waters.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
The term “war graves” is one which applies to the final resting places of fallen soldiers on land, and locations designated as a war grave by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. However, as a matter of customary international law, all naval warships, ...
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.
Army: Recruitment
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what metrics are used to assess the efficiency of the Army recruitment system; and what estimate he has made of the most recent assessment of the efficiency of the Army recruitment system.
Security Action for Europe
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to seek UK participation in the Security Action for Europe instrument.