Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a delay to the in-service date for MQ-9B Protector.

I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to Question 25381 on 28 January 2025, to the hon Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter). There has been no delay to the Protector Programme In-Service date.