Defence Procurement: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Debate between Alan Strickland and Graham Stringer(3 weeks, 5 days ago)
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Graham Stringer (in the Chair)
Order. This debate is for an hour and is well-subscribed, so I ask hon. Members to be brief in their interventions.
Alan Strickland
I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. He is absolutely right that the commitment of Ministers and the defence industrial strategy to sovereign supply must include all parts of our United Kingdom, including the excellent capabilities in Northern Ireland.
Being war-ready for conflicts we cannot predict that will use technology that has not yet been invented, means giving our military the agility and capability to adapt to this changing landscape. Changing the way in which we think about defence procurement is central to this. My second point is around adopting a proactive, entrepreneurial approach to acquiring the defence supplies we need.