Question follow-through · 9740
Defence: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to prioritise increasing UK sovereign capability across defence as part of the defence industrial strategy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Defence: Space Technology · 21 Oct 2024
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- Strategic Defence Review · 22 Oct 2024
- Uncrewed Systems: Procurement · 23 Oct 2024
- Defence: Procurement · 23 Oct 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to prioritise increasing UK sovereign capability across defence as part of the defence industrial strategy.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government recognises the vital role the defence industry plays not only in our national security but also to the prosperity and economic growth of the UK. This Government is committed to developing a UK defence industrial base that is able to better...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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