Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that defence manufacturers are prioritised within commercial supply chains to help avoid bottlenecks of critical materials needed for the manufacture of goods to be supplied to Ukrainian armed forces.

We are working jointly with our suppliers through the Defence Suppliers Forum on supply-chain risks and fragility in order to safeguard all critical defence outputs, and work is underway to provide industry with a clear demand signal supporting defence priorities.