Written question asked by Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 2 September 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 September 2024. It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 September 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Royal Engineers: Development Aid and Peacekeeping Operations
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Engineers have helped to construct road bridges in (a) aid and (b) peacekeeping missions.
- Answer
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The Corps of Royal Engineers primarily builds temporary bridges that enable military road traffic to cross dry and wet gaps during operational deployments. The Corps of Royal Engineers has not recently helped to construct road bridges in aid or peacekeeping missions. Although not deploying or constructing bridges, the Corps has remained heavily involved in overseas peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts over the last decade including in South Sudan, Sierra Leone and the Caribbean.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 3761
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Construction Bridges Development aid Peacekeeping operations Royal Engineers
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- 2025-09-05 17:36:56 +0100
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