Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the SA80 assault rifle with an alternative rifle.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the previous Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk KC) on 12 January 2023 to Question 117843 to the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi).