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Strategic Defence Review

Asked by Graeme DownieLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 31 January 2025UIN 25097

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department provided evidence to the Strategic Defence Review.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

On 30 July 2024, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) was invited, alongside other Government Departments, to provide written evidence to the Strategic Defence Review (SDR).

DBT responded to that call for evidence on 23 September 2024. The findings of the SDR are due to be published in 2025.

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