Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment his Department has undertaken on adopting a hybrid General Service Respirator the components and spares for which are sourced from different manufacturers.

The Ministry of Defence will undertake full testing of the preferred bidder's proposal for General Service Respirators to ensure that manufacture, testing, supply, performance and quality standards match those of the current in-service equipment. This will include a range of measures to test all hybrid combinations to ensure that Armed Forces personnel are provided with the best equipment that is fit for purpose.