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Defence: Industry

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 27 October 2025UIN 83131

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 52 of the Defence Industrial Strategy: Making Defence an Engine for Growth, published on 8 September 2025, CP 1388, what steps he has taken to help support SMEs to access (a) financial and

Answered by Luke Pollard

I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave on 4 September 2025 to Question 70206 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Ms Slade).

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