Question follow-through · 118829
Cyprus: HMS Dragon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the decision was made to deploy HMS Dragon to Cyprus.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 3 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
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the decision was made to deploy HMS Dragon to Cyprus.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
As the Secretary of State informed the House on 9 March 2026 - the Chief of the Defence Staff reviewed the proposal to deploy HMS Dragon to the Eastern Mediterranean on the 3 March 2026 and the Secretary of State signed it off the same day. Before coming ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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