Question follow-through · 901271
Defence: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to help increase levels of defence manufacturing.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to help increase levels of defence manufacturing.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
Our UK industry partners are at the heart of our One Defence approach. This Government is committed to supporting defence manufacturing in the UK and will bring forward a Defence Industrial Strategy which ensures the imperatives of national security and a...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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