Question follow-through · 114941
Rifles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what decision framework is being used to assess potential future calibre changes within Project Grayburn.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2026 · 4 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
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what decision framework is being used to assess potential future calibre changes within Project Grayburn.
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2026
Answer published
As advised in my response to Question 106283, the project is within its concept stage, and we cannot yet assess the adequacy of the UK supply chain regarding this project. However, we have set clear expectations that Project Grayburn will be manufactured ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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