Question follow-through · 49340
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of EU green finance regulations on levels of investment from Europe into UK defence (a) firms and (b) shares.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 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
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of EU green finance regulations on levels of investment from Europe into UK defence (a) firms and (b) shares.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
This Government does not see a conflict in green and sustainable investment contributing to our world-leading defence sector. There is considerable work to support the sector ongoing across government, including through the Chancellor’s growth mission and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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