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Defence Procurement: Small Businesses |
| Question ID: |
1803974 |
| UIN: |
HL7582 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4906 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
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| Asking Member handle: |
stephaniefraser
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@stephaniefraser
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the recently announced support hub for small businesses on accessing the defence supply chain will be adequately resourced, appropriately led, and fully integrated into existing def |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
360 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Coaker
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| Answering Member handle: |
Vernon_Coaker
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Vernon_Coaker
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| Answer text: |
In March 2025 the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence announced new support to help SMEs access the Defence supply chain and ensure they benefit from the increase in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP. An integral part of this commitment wi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |