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HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyIn the same way that we have that pipeline of 150 vessels, as the hon. Lady knows, we always set out the pipeline of what is coming up imminently to help steel manufacturers in…10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyI absolutely agree that we are better off together. I agree with my hon. Friend that we should build in Britain; that should be the result of this refresh. We should be not only…10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyThe right hon. Gentleman and I did have a discussion across this Dispatch Box regarding the order, and his intuition proved correct. There was a competition process, and he proved…10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyAbsolutely; I thank my hon. Friend and look forward to the conclusion of the Select Committee’s work. He is right about fuelling for the future, and I have no doubt that my…10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyFirst, as I am sure the hon. Gentleman will acknowledge, this is a UK-wide endeavour. There are great assets and skills in Scotland, and I am delighted that this week, I think, we…10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right that the Type 45s are excellent bits of kit. They are one of our bits of equipment that I know our adversaries fear, and rightly so. The…10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyI make no apologies for taking time to come to the House with this strategy, because we want to make certain that it is a strategy that works, and that is exactly what we are…10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on behalf of my colleague the Secretary of State for Defence and shipbuilding tsar, concerning the…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s comments about some of the decisions made by the previous Labour Government, particularly in relation to the aircraft carriers, although I…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I reassure my right hon. Friend that we are absolutely focused on making certain that we have proper operational availability. On Type 45, as he may be aware, Dauntless has come…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I recognise what my right hon. and gallant Friend says and his particular interest in the 2nd Battalion the Mercians. I will not repeat everything that my right hon. Friend the…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22In fairness, I must draw the right hon. Gentleman’s attention back to the DSIS—the defence security industrial strategy—in which we fundamentally changed our process of…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22It has been a fascinating debate, ably kicked off by the Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee, the right hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar). He, like so many of the Labour…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22I have been containing myself during the hon. Gentleman’s speech, because I know there are other contributions to get through before I have my own go, but I cannot let him say…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22As ever, I am listening closely to the hon. Gentleman’s remarks, and we believe the £4 billion figure is wholly spurious. I seem to recall that, when we cut assets, the document…09 Mar 2022HANSARD UK ShipbuildingI am sure that the hon. Gentleman recognises that the resources and commitment that we have given to Royal Navy procurement are a real step change and exactly the kind of support…03 Mar 2022HANSARD UK ShipbuildingMay I start by picking up on the remarks that the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) made about Ukraine? His points were well made. In preparing for this important debate,…03 Mar 2022HANSARD UK ShipbuildingThe right hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I do not reveal the full details of the strategy in this packed Chamber this evening, but I can absolutely assure him that it will…03 Mar 2022HANSARDDalgety Bay: Radioactive MaterialI can give the hon. Gentleman an update now. As I think he is aware, we assumed that it would take two seasons to do the complete remediation. I very much hoped that it would…21 Feb 2022HANSARDDalgety Bay: Radioactive MaterialI am delighted that we are en route to the complete remediation of Dalgety Bay. Environmental sensitivities inevitably have a significant impact on the length of time that it is…21 Feb 2022