What Happened
Parliament Committee Calls for Faster Procurement and SME Support
The UK Parliament’s Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the Government to accelerate the implementation of the Strategic Defence Review’s recommendations, citing the need for faster procurement, a less risk-averse approach to new technologies, and greater support for SMEs. The Committee’s report, ‘Ready for action in 1,000 days? Forging a new partnership between Government and the defence industry’, calls for a culture change within the Ministry of Defence and sets out several key recommendations for achieving this goal. The report was published by the UK Parliament.