To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions he has met with Lord Robertson of Port Ellen to discuss the Chagos Islands in the context of the Strategic Defence Review since 5 July 2024.
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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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with NATO on (a) planning and (b) collaboration in space.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the UK’s sovereign capabilities in cyber-warfare.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exporting (a) sovereign defence capabilities and (b) military satellite communications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of pursuing Government to Government agreements on defence exports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support the creation of new jobs in the shipbuilding sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) names and (b) roles are of each person who sits on the Joint Requirements Oversight Council; and what meetings of the council (i) have taken and (ii) are scheduled to take place in 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the defence industrial strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to prioritise increasing UK sovereign capability across defence as part of the defence industrial strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to engage with industry as part of the development of the defence industrial strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the 30 year shipbuilding pipeline outlined in the refresh to the national shipbuilding strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weighting will be given to sovereign capability in the procurement of the SKYNET Enduring Capability Satellite System.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the strategic value of maintaining sovereign capabilities in military satellite communications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support the creation of new jobs in the space sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he is taking to improve sovereign capabilities in anti-UAV manufacturing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve sovereign capabilities in drone manufacturing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve sovereign capabilities in satellite development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the UK’s sovereign capabilities in direct energy weaponry.