Question follow-through · 65149
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that SME firms with defence contracts are not de-banked by financial institutions.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- National Security: Finance · 8 Jul 2025
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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 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that SME firms with defence contracts are not de-banked by financial institutions.
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The government recognises that access to banking services is vital for people and businesses across the UK. It is this government's firm position that no firm should be denied access to banking services solely on the grounds they work in defence. The upco...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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