Mark Pritchard – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department’s policy on the procurement of Autonomous Weapons Systems.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not possess any fully autonomous weapon systems and has no plans to develop, procure or operate them. MOD policy is clear that all weapon systems will be under human control.