Question follow-through · 17763
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to prioritise domestic supply chains in defence procurement.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2024 · 7 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
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to prioritise domestic supply chains in defence procurement.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to developing a UK Defence industrial base that ensures a strong Defence sector and resilient supply chains. The Statement of Intent for the Defence Industrial Strategy, published on Monday 2 December, set out a commitment to ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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