Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 63 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress he has made on a new framework in defence exports for building and sustaining government-to-government relationships.

The key teams responsible for exports promotion, capability partnerships and delivery of government-to-government relationships have been successfully brought together under the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group. This includes the standing up of a team responsible for government-to-government partnerships, under a new director level specialist role.