James Cartlidge

13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 52287 on Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement, what the emerging technologies are.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 5, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], what the areas of assistance agreed to provide Mauritius to (

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 1, Clause 7, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], which activities his Department considers risk conflicting wi

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 3, Clause 2, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], who will sit on the Joint Commission as representatives of th

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 3, Clause 2, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], when the Joint Commission will first meet.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex 3, Clause 2, of the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia [CS Mauritius No.1/2025], whether an official from his Department will sit on the Joint

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Warships: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) ships and (b) submarines are currently (i) in-build and (ii) on order.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

AUKUS

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the US Government's decision to launch a review into the AUKUS partnership on the implementation of the Strategic Defence Review.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

AUKUS

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the US Government's decision to launch a review into the AUKUS partnership on jobs.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

AUKUS

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Strategic Defence Review - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, updated on 11 June 2025, what assessment he has made of the merits of the US Government's decision to launch a

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

AUKUS

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his (a) Australian and (b) United States counterpart on the US Government's decision to launch a review into the AUKUS partnership.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Gibraltar: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU Agreement in Respect of Gibraltar on defence.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Documents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's messenger service routinely keeps records of when departmental hard copy (a) documents and (b) publications were sent to (i) parliamentarians and (ii) external stakeholders.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Meteor Missiles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 52037 on F-35 Aircraft: Meteor Missiles, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the delay to the integration of the Meteor air-to-air missile with

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Parliamentary Papers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he, (b) his then political advisor and (c) any other person employed in his parliamentary office received a hard copy of the MOD policy paper entitled, Defence Command Paper 2023: defence's response t

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025 what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of increasing the n

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, which back-office functions will be transferred to front-line roles.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what information his Department holds on when it will receive funding to increase the number of active reserves by 20%.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, who will command the Defence Research and Evaluation organisation.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, what the cost of establishing the Defence Research and Evaluation organisa

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, how many staff will be employed as part of the Defence Research and Evalu

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, when the Defence Research and Evaluation organisation will be established.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, how frequently the Defence Investors’ Advisory Group will meet.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what the requirements are for membership of the Defence Investors’ Advisory Group.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, who will sit on the Defence Investors’ Advisory Group.

11 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Intelligence Services: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to to table 5.1 on pages 44-45 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, CP 1336, whether the Single Intelligence Account budget will be added to the Ministry of Defence's budget in 2027

11 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Intelligence Services: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the budget for the Ministry of Defence will be accounted for by expenditure on the intelligence and security services not previously included in that budget in each year of the Spending Review 202

11 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Intelligence Services: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total quantum is of the amount of money that will be added to the defence budget as a result of the incorporation of the intelligence and security services in each year of the Spending Review 2025.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57297 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what the total cost to his Department’s budget in the latest spending review arising from the Chagos Treaty is; and if he wi

11 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to clause 5.59 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, if she will state for each year of the spending review the financial quantum of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office'