Question follow-through · 24384
Australia: Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK-Australia defence technology co-operation creates opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in relevant supply chains.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 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
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK-Australia defence technology co-operation creates opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in relevant supply chains.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
UK-Australia cooperation on advanced radar technology is being considered as part of wider work to understand future radar options and their implications for UK sovereign defence industrial capability. No final procurement decision has been taken. Any fut...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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