Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings the Minister for Defence Procurement has had with the Department for Business and Trade to discuss the promotion of defence exports since his appointment.

Since being appointed, I have had 13 meetings with the Department of Business and Trade on the topic of the promotion of defence exports.

I recently co-chaired a cross-Government committee on Defence exports with DBT Minister, Nusrat Ghani MP.