Question follow-through · 50798
Armed Forces: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of Health and Social Care on introducing regular health screening programmes for military personnel involved in handling explosive ordnance.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 6 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
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of Health and Social Care on introducing regular health screening programmes for military personnel involved in handling explosive ordnance.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
As the hon. Member will know from my recent answer to Question 47566, Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials reviewed with interest the recent British Journal of Urology International research letter on a potentially increased risk of bladder cancer in milit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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