Question follow-through · 86758
Armed Forces: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 84961 on Armed Forces: Northern Ireland, what the hourly rate of legal fees paid to (a) Senior Counsel, (b) Junior Counsel and (c) solicitors instructed durin
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 5 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
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 84961 on Armed Forces: Northern Ireland, what the hourly rate of legal fees paid to (a) Senior Counsel, (b) Junior Counsel and (c) solicitors instructed durin
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2025
Answer published
This is considered commercially sensitive information and is being withheld accordingly. The MOD will continue to provide the welfare and legal support to all service personnel that served during the Troubles.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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