Question follow-through · 64823
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO mission as Government steps up national security and delivers defence dividend, published on 24 June 2025, what his target date is
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 11 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
3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO mission as Government steps up national security and delivers defence dividend, published on 24 June 2025, what his target date is
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
It would not be appropriate to comment on timeframes in which UK F-35A aircraft will have access to US air-launched nuclear weapons for reasons of safeguarding of national security.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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