Question follow-through · 65383
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to procure new defence stocks from UK companies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 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
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to procure new defence stocks from UK companies.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
The additional investment in defence announced by the Prime Minister on 25 February 2025 and by the Chancellor in the 2025 Spring Statement will both protect UK citizens from threats and create a secure and stable environment in which businesses can thriv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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