Question follow-through · 27126
Defence: Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions financial institutions on the potential impact of environmental, social and governance policies on the provision of banking services to defence (a) manufacturers and (b)
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions financial institutions on the potential impact of environmental, social and governance policies on the provision of banking services to defence (a) manufacturers and (b)
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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7 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade met representatives of the defence and financial services industries on 12 December 2024, to discuss how environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles are being applied to companies in defence and the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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