Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on establishing the Kyiv Business Centre.

The Kyiv Business Centre is now operational providing a base for UK companies, particularly SMEs, to develop partnerships with Ukrainian industry and pursue co-development, co-production, and investment opportunities. It builds on more than 40 UK–Ukraine industrial partnerships and the UK led international trade mission programme which has taken place over the last few years.