Question follow-through · 83997
African Union: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in the African Union on the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 8 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
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in the African Union on the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Defence has not recently directly discussed the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) with any of his counterparts from other CWGC member nations. The Secretary of State, as the de-facto Chair of the Commission, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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