Trident Submarines: Procurement
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43449 on Trident Submarines: Procurement, if she will make it her policy to amend assimilated EU law under the UK Benchmarks Regulation to remove the EU legacy law references to controversial weapons; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on levels of investment by companies which provide (a) goods and (b) services relating to Trident renewal.
Answered by Emma Reynolds
As set out in the recent Call for Evidence on the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, having an effective regulatory environment is key to maintaining and enhancing our position as a global financial centre so that it can support growth across the wider UK economy. That includes regulations inherited from the European Union, such as the Benchmarks regulation.
The government remains open to views from industry on how we can continue to progress reforms to assimilated law as part of this work creating an effective regulatory environment.
More broadly, the government does not see a conflict between sustainable investment and investment in the defence sector.
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