| Heading: |
RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler |
| Question ID: |
1746375 |
| UIN: |
17480 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5347 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Reed
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
David Reed
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of retiring (a) RFA Wave Knight and (b) RFA Wave Ruler on the Royal Navy's ability to support concurrent operations involving multiple carrier strike grou |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler were placed into extended readiness by the previous Government, and have not been available for operations since 2022 and 2017 respectively. As such, the retirements will have no impact on available capabilities. The Roy... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |