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Investment: Strait of Hormuz

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 10 July 2026UIN 16168

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 43, of the £120m investment in the Multinational Hormuz Mission has come from the contingency reserve.

Answered by Lucy Rigby

The UK and France stand ready to deploy the wider Multinational Military Mission to support freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The Chancellor has approved access to the HMT reserve to deploy additional capabilities in the Middle East for this operation.

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