Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to procure for the Army the M777 155mm lightweight howitzer.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Rt Hon Earl Howe PC, to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of Pittenweem, in the House of Lords on 26 October 2016 to Question numbers HL2386 and HL2387.