WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 109706

Courts Martial: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to parts 1 and 2 of the Service Justice System Review, published on 29 March 2018 and 29 March 2019, if he will amend the Armed Forces Bill to exclude rape and sexual assault with penetration from

answeredMinistry of Defence

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
6 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to parts 1 and 2 of the Service Justice System Review, published on 29 March 2018 and 29 March 2019, if he will amend the Armed Forces Bill to exclude rape and sexual assault with penetration from

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    There are no plans to amend the Armed Forces Bill in the way proposed. There have been significant improvements to investigations, prosecutions and victim support in the Service Justice System since the Lyons Review and the House of Commons’ Defence Commi...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of the original capability requirements specified for the Ajax-family vehicles have been relaxed or amended due to an inability of the vehicles to meet the original requirements.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Capability Drop 3 Ajax-family vehicles that have undergone acceptance testing by the Joint Acceptance Group required concessions against specifications or contractual requirements to be submitted

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of the capability requirements have Ajax-family Capability Drop 3 vehicles been verified to fully comply with.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of the capability requirements that Ajax-family Capability Drop 4 vehicles will fully comply with.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reserve Forces

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48851 on Reserve Forces: Finance, what assessment he has made of the level of available reserve service days; and what steps his Department is taking to increase t

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Warships

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department plans to replace the batch 1 River Class of ships.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Typhoon Aircraft

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, will the RAF's Eurofighter Typhoon be upgraded with the Aerodynamic Modification Kit.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Military Police: Expenditure

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on military police services each year since 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ministry of Defence: Staff

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on internal human resources services each year since 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dedicated mental health professionals there are per capita across the military; and how many have there been each year since 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Housing

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent repairs were requested for Service Family Accommodation from 20/12/25 to 1/1/26.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Housing

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason were urgent repairs requested for Service Family Accommodation from 20/12/25 to 1/1/26.