Ben Obese-Jecty

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Warships: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when does he expect to deliver the Common Command Vessel for the Royal Navy.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential military applications of Vertical Aerosoace’s G-EVTA demonstrator further to its first piloted thrustborne transition on 6 April 2026.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the F-35B Lightning II to have reached full operating capability.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date will the F-35B Lightning II graduate from the major projects portfolio.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to maintain a fleet of 138 F-35B Lightning II aircraft; and whether he plans to use future tranches of F-35B Lighting II aircraft to replace F-35B Lighting II aircraft that are currently in servi

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he remains committed to procuring a total order of 138 F-35B Lightning II aircraft.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 56964 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, on what dates did the Royal Air Force receive the remaining F-35B Lightning II aircraft.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's joint press notice entitled Shadow fleet set to be interdicted in UK waters in latest blow to Russia, published on 25 March 2026, how many Russian shadow fleet vessels under UK

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government's press notice entitled Shadow fleet set to be interdicted in UK waters in latest blow to Russia, published on 25 March 2026, how many of the Russian shadow fleet vessels under

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Belgium: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK and Belgium sign multi-million pound Mission Data partnership, published on 31 March 2026, by when he plans to agree a burden-sharing model with Belgium.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Norway: Warships

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has held with his Norwegian counterparts on the potential procurement of the new class of standardised naval vessels developed for the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency by Kongsberg Defence &

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which other missile programmes, beyond Meteor, will be coordinated through the new joint Complex Weapons Portfolio Office.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Uruguay: Warships

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to sell the three River-class Batch I OPVs, a) HMS Tyne, b) HMS Mersey and c) HMS Severn to the Uruguayan Navy when they go out of service in 2028.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Russian use of the Chinese Shennong Shield-3000 mobile high-energy laser directed energy weapon on Taskforce Kindred’s efforts to support Ukrainian armed

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Body Armour

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is he taking to ensure that future body armour for British service personnel is resistant to small arms ammunition with tungsten carbide cores.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Body Armour

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the adoption of the (a) 6.8mm x 50mm round and (b) QBZ-191 rifle by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on British Army body armour.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Body Armour

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the adoption of the (a) 6.02mm x 41mm round and (b) AK22 rifle in Russian military service on British Army body armour.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 24 of the Defence Diplomacy Strategy - Public Summary, by when he plans to (a) commence and (b) conclude the underpinning review.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Integrated Global Defence Network review options to be presented to Ministers.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Body Armour

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has he made on Project Catherina.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Belgium: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and Belgium sign multi-million pound Mission Data partnership, published on 31 March 2026, by what date does he plan to establish a sovereign Joint Ele

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Belgium: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and Belgium sign multi-million pound Mission Data partnership, published on 31 March 2026, what collaboration with Belgium on the General Atomics MQ-9B

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Belgium: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and Belgium sign multi-million pound Mission Data partnership, published on 31 March 2026, what is the total value of Belgian investment over five year

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of the the Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of the Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation Project Arrangement.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2026 to Question 123068 on Navy: Guided Weapons, in which month in 2026 will his Department deliver the Minimum Viable Product of the Digital Targeting Web.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

National Security Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out which current operations have been endorsed by the National Security Council.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

France: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's announcement entitled UK and France sign agreement to develop next-generation air-to-air missile, published on 1 April 2026, by what date when will he establish the new joint Co

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

France: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date will he establish the joint road map with France to develop the successor to the Meteor missile.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy ships he plans to send to the 250th anniversary celebrations in the US.