Defence
Military, armed forces, defence policy
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Recent PMQs Questions
View all 130PMQs 2026-04-29
It was 18 months ago that my late friend Terry Et [2D [K Etherton was sitting up in the Gallery beaming down at the Prime Minister b [1D [K because he had just announced the Government scheme to give ...
PMQs 2026-04-29
Talking about more defence spending is not the sa [2D [K same as giving more money for defence. The Prime Minister has been in offic [5D [K office for nearly two years with no defence investment plan,...
PMQs 2026-04-29
Let me tell the Prime Minister why we are spendin [7D [K spending more on welfare than we earn in tax: it is because of him and his [K terrible policies—this is all under him. We cannot defend Britain...
PMQs 2026-03-18
Britain's independent nuclear deterrent is critical for the defence of our nation and the whole of Europe, but the current Trident missiles will reach the end of their lives in the 2040s. Does the Pri...
PMQs 2026-03-11
The Prime Minister does not want to talk about fuel duty, because he has absolutely no answers. The Conservatives are on the side of farmers. We are also on the side of drivers. We froze duel duty eve...
PMQs 2026-03-11
Mr Speaker—[Interruption.] Hang on. I think they should wait for it. I have never criticised our armed forces. I have criticised the Prime Minister. [Interruption.]...
PMQs 2026-03-11
The right hon. and learned Gentleman said, “If she were Prime Minister”, but if I were Prime Minister, HMS Dragon would have left a week ago. The only time—[Hon. Members: “More!”] The only time, he ha...
PMQs 2026-03-11
Strengthening Britain's defence capability and rebuilding our industrial base have never been more important. Will the Government's £1 billion helicopter investment with Leonardo UK support skilled jo...
PMQs 2026-03-04
My colleagues and I support our armed forces, but we lament how diminished the UK has appeared over the past week among our allies and within the middle east. The Prime Minister is not responsible for...
PMQs 2026-03-04
The Prime Minister does not want to talk about the defence investment plan because he does not know. He does not know what is going on in respect of any policy, so he reads pre-prepared statements irr...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 1641Defence Industrial Strategy 2026-04-28
The Chancellor said, “National security always co [2D [K comes first,” but she delayed the helicopter contract for our industrial ba [2D [K base and we know that she is blocking the defence investment...
Defence Industrial Strategy 2026-04-28
What consideration has my right hon. Friend given [5D [K given to joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank to make sure tha [3D [K that we are really pushing the investment that we need to se...
Defence Industrial Strategy 2026-04-28
In my constituency, Chess Dynamics, part of Cohor [5D [K Cohort, is world-leading in developing counter-drone and air defence techno [6D [K technology but has been kept on hold since last year. Will y...
Defence Industrial Strategy 2026-04-28
What discussions have you had with the Secretary [K of State for Defence on the effectiveness of the defence industrial strateg [7D [K strategy?...
Topical Questions 2026-04-27
One of my constituents in North Devon is a Royal [K Marines veteran who was just awarded over £2,700 in backdated universal cre [3D [K credit, after the DWP failed to disregard his war pension from hi...
Topical Questions 2026-04-27
We are spending less than 2.5% of GDP on defence, [8D [K defence, but 5.3% on welfare. Six million people of working age live on ben [3D [K benefits; universal credit uptake increased by over a millio...
Topical Questions 2026-04-23
Successive Governments have handed public contrac [7D [K contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to the US tech firm Palantir [8D [K Palantir, including the Ministry of Defence and NHS England,...
National Resilience 2026-04-23
What specific steps are the Government taking to addr [4D [K address potential shortages of food and medicine as a result of external sh [2D [K shocks? How does the Minister plan to communicate with t...
National Resilience 2026-04-23
Not long ago, a Russian-flagged ship anchored just tw [2D [K two miles off the Minehead coast in my constituency, directly above critica [7D [K critical transatlantic cables. Our adversaries are becom...
Defence Sector 2026-04-22
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I do not know whether to stand at the Dispatch Box or on it. For want of a horseshoe nail, the kingdom was lost. The defence of our country today rests on modern nail-makers—the...