Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 42386

Defence Equipment: Iron and Steel

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 4 April 2025
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Question

Sir Julian Lewis

ConservativeNew Forest East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) domestic and (b) foreign sources of high-grade steel on which his Department will rely for the manufacture of (i) warships, (ii) armoured vehicles and (iii) jet aircraft (A) for the remain

Answer

Maria Eagle
The Defence Industrial Strategy will carefully consider the Ministry of Defence’s approach to steel, as a sub-sector within Defence and a critical element of the UK’s Defence industrial base. This will include consideration of the MOD’s use of specialist ...

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