The UK is committed to deepening its defence industrial partnership with Ukraine, including by helping Ukrainian defence technology companies engage with UK industry, innovation networks, and potential routes to production, especially where these align with UK capability priorities and national security requirements.

The Ministry of Defence works across Government, including with the Department for Business and Trade, Task Force Kindred, DASA, Dstl and UK Defence Innovation, to connect Ukrainian companies with UK commercial, research, testing, and investment pathways. They also highlight trade opportunities, engage with Ukrainian government, military, and industry stakeholders, and support the navigation of operating and compliance requirements. Officials have engaged with representatives of the UK/EU-Ukraine Defence Innovation Corridor and provided advice on how that early-stage proposal could align with existing UK-Ukraine defence innovation activity.

The Hybrid Air Wing is not a single product with one production start date. It is an evolving mix of crewed and uncrewed aircraft and one-way effectors that will be introduced incrementally. Delivery is already under way through the integration and trialling of uncrewed systems, supported by investment in Project PANTHEON and the UK Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 14 July 2026 to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk, PQ UIN 17025.

This Government is steadfast in its commitment to the steel industry, and that includes Scotland. On 1 July, we took bold steps to limit tariff-free steel imports, with the aim that half of the steel used in the UK is made here.

We are closely engaged on Dalzell - the UK's only heavy steel plate mill. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and I routinely engage with ministerial colleagues to ensure Scotland's specific circumstances are reflected in the Government's wider approach to supporting the domestic steel sector.

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and related regulations require employers and the self-employed to protect the health, safety and welfare of workers. Under Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, employers must carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessments, including risks from work-related stress, and share significant findings with those affected.

To support compliance, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides a range of guidance on common risks which may be applicable to activities within film, television and theatrical production, such as work related stress (Work-related stress and how to manage it - HSE). HSE also provides guidance specific to the film and television industry, describing the various roles and responsibilities of those within the production process (INDG360 - Health and safety in audio-visual production. Your legal duties) and guidance and information sheets for specific production activities and risks, e.g. stunts, use of firearms and filming while using vehicles. All guidance is freely available on the HSE website. Industry specific guidance is also available from a range of industry bodies and stakeholders.

HSE also chairs the Joint Advisory Committee for Entertainment (JACE), which brings together industry trade bodies, trade unions, large event organisations and national broadcasting organisations to address industry concerns and promote higher health and safety standards. In addition, HSE works with the Film and TV Charity, the Society of Occupational Medicine Special Interest Group for occupational health in Film and TV and industry trade unions to raise awareness of, and control, work-related stress and psychosocial hazards within the sector.

In 2025, DBT commissioned the Frazer Nash Consultancy, Materials Processing Institute and the Critical Minerals Association to produce an independent report identifying the UK’s capabilities, challenges and opportunities in critical minerals midstream processing and recycling. DBT has used this evidence base, alongside recent analysis and industry engagement, to design the new £50m programme.

The report found that the UK possesses credible, growing capabilities in midstream processing and recycling, supported by strong research, innovation and industrial expertise. The report listed a range of policy recommendations, which informed development of the 2025 UK Critical Minerals Strategy including the £50m programme.

The Department will monitor delivery of the Critical Minerals Programme through indicators designed to assess progress towards strengthening UK critical minerals supply chains. These include measures of domestic production and processing capacity, volumes of critical minerals produced and processed in the UK, levels of private investment leveraged, jobs supported, and the number and scale of critical minerals projects progressing through commercialisation and scale-up. The Department will also monitor broader indicators of domestic capability and supply chain resilience, including participation of UK firms across critical minerals value chains and diversification of supply sources.

The UK Critical Minerals Strategy sets out clear success features by 2035 to increase domestic resilience and diversify supply chains: meeting 10% of UK annual demand for critical minerals through domestic production, 20% through recycling products, and no more than 60% of the UK’s annual demand for critical minerals is supplied by any one country.

The £50 million programme a key enabler of this vision alongside the strategy’s wider policy framework, including competitive energy costs, planning and permitting, and access to finance through the UK’s public finance institutions. Progress towards the Strategy’s success features is monitored through Government’s strategy governance.

The UK currently meets an estimated 6% of its demand for critical minerals through domestic production (defined as mining and/or refining/processing).

Based on production data from the British Geological Society and UK demand as calculated in the Critical Minerals technical annex - GOV.UK

The Department for Business and Trade is investing £50 million through the Critical Minerals Programme to boost domestic production, support high-value jobs and reduce the UK’s reliance on overseas imports. This programme supports delivery of both the UK Critical Minerals Strategy and Industrial Strategy.

The scheme guidance for the Magnet Hub has been published, while further details on the Critical Minerals Accelerator and Demand Aggregation Platform will be outlined over the summer in line with the 22 June announcement. As not all funding competitions have launched or concluded, no decisions have been made on which projects will receive support.

The Roadmap recognises maintaining domestic food production at least at current levels is integral to our national security. It supports domestic food production by giving farmers long-term clarity to plan, invest and adapt.

It sets out Government’s role in backing farmers to grow, invest and compete in order to produce food. It sets out how Government will ensure markets work fairly, including through the Farming and Food Partnership Board.

It sets out how Government will provide a regulatory system that works with farmers, not against them.

It confirms Government will protect the most productive land for food, while supporting sustainable productivity growth and efficiency improvements.

The Demand Aggregation Platform will consolidate and clarify UK industry demand for critical minerals, to support industry to access supply and to help to win investment. We have been engaging closely with industry to understand how this platform can best provide value to industry users. We will continue to engage with industry as part of developing the platform in line with the scope published on 22 June, and welcome ongoing feedback from UK manufacturers.

The Land Use Framework (LUF) included a review of the demand for productive farmland from clean energy schemes and makes clear that land use change should be focussed away from our most productive farmland to prioritise resilient food production.

The key decision-making principles in the LUF are already reflected in the National Planning Policy Framework, which supports the effective use of land. Defra is also working with the National Energy System Operator and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to ensure that energy infrastructure needs are balanced with other national priorities such as food production and based on the same land use data.

The United Kingdom works closely with international partners through the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the joint Food and Agriculture Organisation, and the World Health Organisation programme to reduce harmful contaminants in the global food supply. The Food Standards Agency is an active member of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene, contributing to the development of science- and risk-based international standards, guidelines, and codes of practice.

The UK chaired the revision of the Codex Principles of Food Hygiene and continues to play a leading role in international work on reducing contaminants, including co-chairing Codes of Practice on lead, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, and ochratoxin A.

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) routinely considers import volumes of cement and their impact on domestic production capacity and employment. DBT regularly engages with the Mineral Products Association, the sector’s main trade association, and individual cement businesses to consider these issues.

To mitigate the risk of carbon leakage and support UK domestic production, the cement sector will be included in the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Some cement businesses are supported by the British Industry Supercharger, receiving relief from various electricity policy and network costs to mitigate carbon leakage.

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) routinely considers import volumes of cement and their impact on domestic production capacity and employment. DBT regularly engages with the Mineral Products Association, the sector’s main trade association, and individual cement businesses to consider these issues.

To mitigate the risk of carbon leakage and support UK domestic production, the cement sector will be included in the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Some cement businesses are supported by the British Industry Supercharger, receiving relief from various electricity policy and network costs to mitigate carbon leakage.

This Government has committed to maintain overall food production in England by increasing farm productivity and profitability.

As set out in the Farming Roadmap, nature‑friendly farming systems can sustain or enhance production while strengthening resilience and reducing input dependency. These approaches are increasingly central to food security.

The most resilient farms are profitable precisely because they work with the environment.

The Government is backing a shift towards lower input, more sustainable farming systems. 69% of English farmland is currently managed under agri-environment schemes.

The Government will continue to ensure food security alongside producers and the markets, providing targeted support to de-risk new approaches through schemes while providing patient public investment in skills, data, technology and infrastructure.