Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 25 January (HL12036), how many F35B aircraft they will possess by 2026; and whether they will be able to deploy the 35 aircraft that are required for high end operations.
We do not recognise the 35 figure the Noble Lord quotes in any Departmental planning. I refer the Noble Lord to the answer I gave on 25 January to Question HL12036 and the answer I gave on 16 December 2020 to Question HL11192.