| Heading: |
Defence: Procurement |
| Question ID: |
1751293 |
| UIN: |
21198 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5347 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Reed
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David Reed
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
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. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
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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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |