Oral QuestionMinistry of Defence

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 19 December 2024Answered: 6 January 2025

Asked by

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Defence

Answer from Hansard

Luke Pollard

It is certainly true that this Government inherited a recruitment and retention crisis from the Conservatives. Morale was falling. That is why we are renewing the nation’s contract with those who serve. There will be more announcements about that in due course.