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Ajax Vehicles: Health and Safety

Asked by Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 15 December 2025UIN 98362

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered inviting the Institute of Naval Medicine to investigate the reasons why medical issues arose during the Ajax-related exercise on Salisbury Plain on 22 November 2025.

Answered by Luke Pollard

As I mentioned in my answer to the Shadow Defence Secretary during the Urgent Question on 8 December 2025, the Department is assembling a group of industry experts to provide external advice to its lines of investigation.

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