James Cartlidge

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Uncrewed Systems: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve sovereign capabilities in drone manufacturing.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Antisatellite Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve sovereign capabilities in satellite development.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Lasers: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the UK’s sovereign capabilities in direct energy weaponry.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Electronic Warfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the UK’s sovereign capabilities in cyber-warfare.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Antisatellite Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the UK’s sovereign capabilities in space-warfare and communications.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will direct officials to score UK sovereign capability and jobs in all procurement decisions.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what challenge committees have been set up as part of the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will list their membership.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, whether there was a contracting process for the artificial intelligence software being used to assess responses to the Strat

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, which company was awarded the contract to collate responses to the Strategic Defence Review using artificial intelligence.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, how his Department plans to use artificial intelligence to help comprehend the content of submissions to the Strategic Defen

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8456 on Strategic Defence Review, whether all submissions received for the Strategic Defence Review will initially be read in full by a human being.

16 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Future Combat Air System

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 7503 on Future Combat Air System, if he will set out the details of the capability and other expenditure areas accounted for in the £160m figure stated.

10 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many submissions have been received for the Strategic Defence Review.

10 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role artificial intelligence has played in (a) sifting and (b) evaluating Strategic Defence Review submissions.

9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much financing his Department will contribute to the Chagos leasing settlement.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October to Question 5072 on National Grid: Costs, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on consumer energy bills of the lifetime costs of delivering th

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Future Combat Air System

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question 2108 on Future Combat Air System, whether the £1.3 billion represents the full expected allocation for the (a) Global Combat Air Programme and (b) Future Co

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Future Combat Air System

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question 2108 on Future Combat Air System, how much of the £1.3 billion was planned in a previous financial year to be spent this financial year.

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Future Combat Air System

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question 2108 on Future Combat Air System, how much of the £1.3 billion is (a) Government and (b) private sector funded.

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he plans to provide for the resettlement of personnel leaving the armed forces in the 2024-25 financial year.

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the agreement to cede sovereignty of the Chagos islands to Mauritius on the risk of espionage from hostile states.

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes on the defence estate that could be brought back into use in the next 12 months.

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 121 on Armed Forces: Visas, when his Department first held discussions with the Home Office on ending visa fees for serving personnel.

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question 3738 on Defence: Research, whether the spending review process will cover spending on defence research and development in (a) this financial year and (b) th

7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Global Combat Air Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the core Global Combat Air Programme will be piloted.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the number of passengers in South Suffolk constituency for whom the £2 bus fare cap has been applied.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the £2 bus fare cap beyond December 2024.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Skynet

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the time taken to deliver SKYNET 6A's launch on the value of the Service Delivery Wrap PFI awarded to Team Aurora.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Skynet

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Airbus Defence and (b) Space UK on the launch of the SKYNET 6A satellite.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Skynet

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the period until the launch of the SKYNET 6A satellite has been extended.