Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 59002

Sailing Boats: Government Assistance

Tabled: 11 June 2025

Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support the yacht building sector.

Answer

Maria Eagle

The Government remains fully committed to delivering a thriving UK shipbuilding sector, including the yacht building sector. Skilled manufacturing is critical to UK prosperity and the leisure marine manufacturing sector plays a key role in creating jobs a...

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