In order to ensure that Defence can replenish and increase stockpiles of munitions, spares and operational supplies, the DCP23 recognises that industry needs to have robust and resilient supply chains which have assured access to “key materials, components and 263 Ministry of Defence, Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, Cm 901, July 2023, p 37–8 264 Ministry of Defence, Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, Cm 901, July 2023, p 39 265 Oral evidence taken on 12 December 2023, HC (2023–24) 54, Q60–2 266 Oral evidence taken on 12 December 2023, HC (2023–24) 54, Q115 267 Oral evidence taken before the Public Accounts Committee on 22 January 2024, HC (2023–24) 451, Q83 268 Q406 269 Ministry of Defence, Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, Cm 901, July 2023, p 40 50 Ready for War? critical technologies”. A joint assessment of industrial capability, capacity, and sustainment will be undertaken along with communications on sovereign requirements (including what needs to be ‘onshore’ and what can be ‘friendshored’) and engagement on how to incentivise industry to prioritise national security needs over commercial ones.270 In November 2023, we were told that the MOD was launching a supply chain strategy which would identify (as part of the increasing defence outputs programme) where those supply chain pinch points are and ensure that the Department is “being proactive around them”.271