Question follow-through · 94142
Unmanned Air Systems: Components
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91898, if the MOD produces any drones for non-military purposes with Chinese components.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2025 · 17 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
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91898, if the MOD produces any drones for non-military purposes with Chinese components.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2025
Answer published
All drones or Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) procured as Programmes of Record under Ministry of Defence (MOD) commercial frameworks are deemed for military use, regardless of function. The UK MOD does not operate Chinese-manufactured drones. We review our sup...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Unmanned Air Systems: 3D Printing
17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123579 on Unmanned Air Systems: 3D Printing, how many Bambu Lab printers have been purchased across the (a) Royal Navy, (b) British Army and (c) Royal Air Force