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Strategic Defence Review

Asked by Lincoln JoppConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 10 June 2025UIN 57107

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the publication of the Strategic Defence Review on trading of shares in UK-listed defence companies.

Answered by Darren Jones

The Strategic Defence Review was published on 2 June 2025. It is not government policy to comment on the market impacts of policy announcements.

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