Question follow-through · 69799
Houthis: Red Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve the protection of cargo ships in the Red Sea from Houthi missile and drone attacks.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 44 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
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve the protection of cargo ships in the Red Sea from Houthi missile and drone attacks.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The UK Government strongly condemns the illegal and abhorrent attacks by the Houthis on merchant vessels; we are clear the Houthis must end their aggression immediately. The Department for Transport, supported by the Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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