questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department determines whether (a) imports and (b) procurement contracts in the defence supply chain impact (i) operational resilience and (ii) freedom of action.
answerText: The Ministry of Defence assesses imports and procurement contracts by examining whether they create critical dependencies, single points of failure or reliance on external approval regimes. It considers the impact of disruption on the continuity of milita...
heading: Defence: Procurement