Question follow-through · 98561
Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to the Urgent Question on 8 November 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, whether any decisions on the Ajax programme in the Defence Investment Plan have b
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Defence: Contracts · 10 Dec 2025
- Navy: Military Exercises · 10 Dec 2025
- Armed Forces · 10 Dec 2025
- Ajax Vehicles: Safety · 10 Dec 2025
- UK Defence and Security Exports · 10 Dec 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
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Minister of State's answer to the Urgent Question on 8 November 2025 from the Hon. Member for South Suffolk, whether any decisions on the Ajax programme in the Defence Investment Plan have b
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The upcoming Defence Investment Plan will be released in the near future and as such it would be inappropriate to comment on its content at this stage.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Submarines: Unmanned Marine Systems
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Unmanned Marine Systems: Procurement
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Unmanned Marine Systems: Procurement
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