Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what impact the awarding of a 10 year contract for supply of General-Purpose Machine Gun L7A2 weapon systems will have on the planned out-of-service date of the L7A2 of 2035.

The recently published Voluntary Transparency Notice for the General-Purpose Machine Gun contract arrangement does not impact the planned Out of Service Date of 2035.

I am unable to provide details relating to the detailed technical specification of the L7A2 Mid-Life Improvement due to operational sensitivities.