Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the resilience of Lancashire-based defence supply chains supporting military aerospace.

The Department recognises supply chains as a foundational priority for Defence and is actively working to de-risk critical vulnerabilities in collaboration with industry. We maintain close working relationships with our suppliers across the United Kingdom, including those based in Lancashire, to ensure resilient, adaptive and collaborative defence supply chains to support our Armed Forces.