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Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Organisations: Ministry of Defence

Responsibilities

  • implementation of relevant SDR Vision and Recommendations
  • oversight of Military Strategic Headquarters (MSHQ)
  • legislation (including Armed Forces Bill)
  • Northern Ireland Legacy
  • Ukraine support – operations
  • autonomy and drones, including Drone Centre of Excellence
  • Force Posture and Deployment
  • Intelligence
  • Global Operational policy and commitments
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) operations and planning
  • crisis response
  • Permanent Joint Operational Bases and Overseas Bases (including Cyprus, Falkland Islands and Gibraltar)
  • Military Aid to Civilian Authority (MACA)
  • Homeland Defence
  • UN Peacekeeping and Human Security Call Out Orders
  • Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Reports

Previous holders of this role

  1. Louise Sandher-Jones MP

    2026 to 2026

  2. Alistair Carns DSO OBE MC MP

    2025 to 2026

  3. Luke Pollard MP

    2024 to 2025