Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 21198

Defence: Procurement

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

David Reed

ConservativeExmouth and Exeter East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to remove bureaucracy from defence primes to enable them to build out their ecosystems of (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized businesses.

Answer

Maria Eagle
Micro, small and medium sized businesses make a vital contribution to economic growth and are a valuable source of technical innovation in defence. This is recognised in the recently published Defence Industrial Strategy Statement of Intent. We work with ...

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