Defence
Commons · Question 118565 · Tabled 6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK's military capabilities.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 16 Mar 2026
This Government inherited a set of Armed Forces that were described by a previous defence secretary as having been “hollowed out and underfunded”. He made these comments from his time on the Government benches in the last Parliament. The Department routin...