Question follow-through · 67584
Army: Ammunition
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of adopting the 6.8mm calibre on the personal weapon system infrastructure of the Army.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 7 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
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of adopting the 6.8mm calibre on the personal weapon system infrastructure of the Army.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 April 2025 to Question 45196, which explains that Project GRAYBURN is in its concept phase with the aim of identifying and understanding capability requirements. As part of this phase, various rifle calib...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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