Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) review and (b) update the list of strategically important sectors eligible for preferential national security procurement over the next three years.

As stated in the public consultation document at the end of last month, the Government is considering plans that will allow Ministers to designate certain UK specific services, works or goods as nationally important to protecting UK national security - as part of our Plan for Change to secure Britain's future. The government is not inviting public consultation on this proposal but will engage with relevant national security stakeholders as necessary.