Question follow-through · 43774

USA: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the upcoming Defence Industrial Strategy will consider the potential impact of US trade tariffs against UK companies.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 2 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 7 Apr 2025
Answer: 11 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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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, whether the upcoming Defence Industrial Strategy will consider the potential impact of US trade tariffs against UK companies.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Apr 2025
Answer published
The United States remains the United Kingdom's foremost defence and security partner. The UK has a strong and balanced trading relationship with the US worth £315 billion which supports 2.5 million jobs across both countries. This Government is seeking to...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on improving the time taken for new UK armed forces recruits to receive a formal job offer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which medical conditions his Department considers categorised under the term Gulf War Syndrome.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on the recruitment of the new Armed Forces Commissioner; and when he expects they will begin in post.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of pre-pack administration procedures on the defence supply chain.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay

14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the processes put in place for armed forces personnel to apply for (a) statutory maternity pay and (b) maternity allowance.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the processes put in place for the spouses of armed forces personnel to apply for (a) statutory maternity pay and (b) maternity allowance.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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3 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces recruits have received a conditional offer letter within 10 days from the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force since 1 January 2025.

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9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure that serving armed forces personnel living alone in service accommodation who are parents have time with their children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of procuring additional E-7A Wedgetail AEW Mk1 aircraft beyond those specified in the 2021 Integrated Defence Review.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of virtual-reality based training programmes for armed forces personnel.