| Heading: |
Defence: Financial Services |
| Question ID: |
1759841 |
| UIN: |
27124 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1444 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Mark Francois
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Mark Francois
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to (a) encourage (i) banks and (ii) investors to provide financial (A) services and (B) investment to defence firms and (b) monitor the effectiveness of such steps. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
177 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Gareth Thomas
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| Answering Member handle: |
GarethThomasMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GarethThomasMP
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| Answer text: |
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade met representatives of the defence and financial services industries on 12 December 2024, to discuss how environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles are being applied to companies in defence and the ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |