Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 17487

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth

Tabled: 2 December 2024
Answered: 9 December 2024

Question

David Reed

ConservativeExmouth and Exeter East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral evidence of 21 November 2024 to the Defence Select Committee, HC 345, what steps he is taking to ensure the planned deployments of (a) HMS Queen Elizabeth and (b) HMS Prince of Wales ta

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Ministry of Defence remains committed to deploying HMS Prince of Wales as part of the Carrier Strike Group deployment to the Indo-Pacific in 2025. It would be inappropriate to discuss other planned deployments as to do so could compromise operational ...

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