Question follow-through · 43450
Defence: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of divestment in the UK defence industry as a consequence of (a) the Paris Climate Agreement and (b) UK Climate Transition Be
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Defence: Environment Protection · 23 Apr 2025
- Defence Industrial Joint Council · 2 Jul 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
2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of divestment in the UK defence industry as a consequence of (a) the Paris Climate Agreement and (b) UK Climate Transition Be
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
We have not carried out an assessment into the impacts of divestment in the UK’s Defence Industry due to (a) the Paris Climate Agreement and (b) UK Climate Transition Benchmarks. This is because we see no conflict between investment in Defence and sustain...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Defence: Environment Protection
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33375 on Environment Protection: Finance, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) divestment and (b) the UK green finance framewor
Defence Industrial Joint Council
2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the (a) financial and (b) related professional services industry is represented on the Defence Industrial Joint Council.