Question follow-through · 97994
Arctic: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Joint Expeditionary Force partners on shared ice cutter ship capability in the High North.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 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
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Joint Expeditionary Force partners on shared ice cutter ship capability in the High North.
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence recognises the increasing strategic importance of the region and continually assesses its capability requirements. To deliver the vision of the Strategic Defence Review, we are developing options through the Defence Investment Plan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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