Question follow-through · 64407
Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 59988, tabled on 16 June 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 5 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
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 59988, tabled on 16 June 2025.
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
I responded to the right hon. Member on 3 July 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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