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Space: Departmental Responsibilities

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 93497

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if the Prime Minister will appoint a space minister in the Ministry of Defence to lead cross-government space policy.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

My noble friend Baroness Lloyd of Effra is the Minister responsible for leading cross government civil space policy.

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