Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2021 to Question 44204 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement, whether the prime contractor for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract must be a UK-based company.

I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given by my noble friend, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence (Baroness Goldie), on 13 July 2021 to Question HL1745 in the House of Lords.