Defence: Investment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of a lack of long-term demand certainty on the ability of defence companies to raise external finance.
Answered by Luke Pollard
Delivering on the commitments made in the Strategic Defence Review and Defence Industrial Strategy, we are developing a dedicated Defence Finance and Investment Strategy (DFIS). This is supported by a Defence Investors’ Advisory Group, bringing together senior expertise from across the finance and investment ecosystem.
The DFIS will set out a new long-term, strategic partnership with finance and investment. This partnership aims to leverage the strengths of the UK's world-leading financial ecosystem to support our defence objectives while fostering national economic growth.
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