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Debate between Victoria Prentis and Alberto Costa
Monday 12th September 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Victoria Prentis Portrait Victoria Prentis (Banbury) (Con)
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4. What steps he is taking to increase the level of defence spending with small firms.

Alberto Costa Portrait Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire) (Con)
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10. What steps he is taking to increase the level of defence spending with small firms.

Harriett Baldwin Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Harriett Baldwin)
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Small businesses are crucial for growth and innovation in this country, and we want them to take an increasing share of our growing defence budget. We are committed to achieving 25% of our procurement spend being with small and medium-sized enterprises by 2020. That target is 10% higher than the one set during the last Parliament.

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