| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Body Armour |
| Question ID: |
1798538 |
| UIN: |
49080 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5035 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Will Stone
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Will Stone
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to help develop female-specific body armour. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
Defence is an active participant in NATO work to explore options to further optimise body armour for our Service personnel, including for females. The current Tactical Ballistic Plate (TBP) project will deliver hard armour plates in a range of different s... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |