Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1042, what criteria industry partners need to meet in order to be invited to those briefing meetings.
The national trade association, ADS Group, provides the MOD with administrative and sector-specific support to allow for appropriate representation from across the community of interest. ADS membership is not mandated, and non-ADS members do attend. There is no set attendance and representatives attend based on availability, the intended agenda and main discussion points.