Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in view of the war in Ukraine, whether the Type 45 PIP programme will be accelerated.
I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin), in the House of Commons on 21 March 2022 to the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mark Francois) to Question 141925.