Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 39939

Guided Weapons: Procurement

Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Alex Burghart

ConservativeBrentwood and Ongar

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, under what circumsta

Answer

Maria Eagle
The contract includes provisions for termination in a range of circumstances. Releasing the detail of those provisions could potentially harm our relations with the Government of Ukraine, noting that the contract was placed on its behalf pursuant to an in...

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