Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support UK defence manufacturing through government procurement.

The UK’s defence manufacturing industry is vital not only to our national security but to our prosperity and economic growth.. This Government is committed to developing a UK defence industrial base that is able to better support our own and allies security. We will bring forward a new Defence Industrial Strategy to ensure a strong defence sector and resilient supply chains, across the whole of the UK.