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Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 27 November 2025UIN 93043

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September to Question 70650 on Defence, if he will list which other areas of Government for which the Defence Readiness Bill will be a legislative vehicle.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The Ministry of Defence is working to develop defence readiness legislation as set out in the Strategic Defence Review and Defence Industrial Strategy. We are engaging with other Government Departments as they consider what legislation they may wish to bring forward in the context of the Government’s Home Defence Programme led by the Cabinet Office. No decisions have yet been taken on the detailed composition of the Government’s future legislative programme for future sessions.

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