Question follow-through · 74885
Armed Forces: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women in the armed forces are equipped with appropriate (a) uniforms and (b) equipment.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Armed Forces: Women · 8 Sept 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
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women in the armed forces are equipped with appropriate (a) uniforms and (b) equipment.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is continually seeking to ensure all women in our Armed Forces are equipped with appropriate clothing, including uniforms, and equipment. Following the House of Commons Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces repor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Armed Forces: Women
8 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women in the armed forces are equipped with appropriate (a) uniforms and (b) equipment.