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HANSARDDefence Investment PlanMy hon. Friend is right to raise the importance of our people and making sure that they are properly supported. I know that she, as a local Member of Parliament for Portsmouth,…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI pay tribute to Lord Hutton for the work he did when he was Defence Secretary. We listen very carefully to all those who take a view about the policies that we have brought…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his important work in chairing the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy. I agree with the thrust of his point about defence…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI agree with the points my hon. Friend makes. It will require a team effort to make sure that Devonport gets the support that it needs and we want to provide. I know that I and…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThat is not correct; all the chiefs support the DIP.30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I never come here with the intention of politicising these matters. It is always my approach to engage on a cross-party basis and in the…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI know that the hon. and gallant Gentleman takes these matters really seriously, and I was grateful that he came into the Department for a briefing this morning. He will have…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful to my hon. Friend because he makes an important point about ensuring that the money we are investing touches communities right around the country, including his own.…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThat is precisely why we have the defence growth deal in Wales, and I give the right hon. Lady a commitment that we will work with the new Government in Wales to deliver on it.30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful to my hon. Friend and to all those who work at Sheffield Forgemasters for the important work that they do; I hope to visit in the very near future. He makes an…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his advocacy of Porton Down; I remember that the last time I visited, I bumped into him at Salisbury station and we discussed it…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI can tell my hon. Friend that we are buying low-cost effectors. On his second point, he is right; I will come back to him with more detail, but my understanding is that we are…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanWell, I agree with the hon. Lady on one thing, which is that what we spend the money on does matter. She is right about that. We part company at that point, not least because I am…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanMy hon. Friend makes important points. We are investing £400 million a year in UK Defence Innovation, and I hope and am sure that she will welcome that. She made an important…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanLet me make a point of consensus. The hon. Member is right to say that training is critical because it underpins our readiness, and that is precisely why I reprofiled some of the…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and that is why we have launched the Defence Office for Small Business Growth. That provides part of the answer to his question, but I…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanIt is important to understand, as I know the hon. Member does, the symbiotic relationship between national security and economic growth. This Government have been incredibly keen…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful for the work that my hon. Friend does with Italy, which is a key ally, and I am grateful for her welcome for the announcement of the commitment to GCAP, which was…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI know that my hon. Friend has consistently raised those points, and I am grateful to him for doing so. In the interests of time and not causing Madam Deputy Speaker further ire,…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI gently say to the hon. Lady that under the previous Government, Albion and Bulwark were tied up, never to go to sea again. She will have heard the point I made earlier about the…30 Jun 2026