Question follow-through · 69525
Ajax Vehicles: Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of procuring a mortar-capable variant of Ares.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 1 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ajax Vehicles: Procurement · 22 Jul 2025
- Ajax Vehicles: Ammunition · 22 Jul 2025
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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
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of procuring a mortar-capable variant of Ares.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Sept 2025
Answer published
No internal assessment has been made regarding the merits of procuring a mortar-capable variant of ARES.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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