Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 67221

National Security: Procurement

Tabled: 11 July 2025

Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) review and (b) update the list of strategically important sectors eligible for preferential national security procurement over the next three years.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

As stated in the public consultation document at the end of last month, the Government is considering plans that will allow Ministers to designate certain UK specific services, works or goods as nationally important to protecting UK national security - as...

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