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HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI know that the right hon. Gentleman and the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) have been assiduous. I once accused the right hon. Gentleman of being a cracked record,…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI thank the hon. Lady’s Committee for its report in the summer, which was no holds barred; we have lessons to learn. We are endeavouring to ensure that we answer each of the…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyThis is a great opportunity to build our skills base and our number of apprentices. My right hon. Friend will have heard what I said about FCAS and Team Tempest and that new…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. He has beaten me to it, because I was going to say suitably warm words about my right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow when he…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI should just be clear that we look at every tender on a case-by-case basis, and we look at each company and each competitive situation on a straightforward tender-by-tender…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and I well remember visiting the Sierra Nevada Corporation with him last year—it was an eye-opener. I hope that it is seeing…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his warm gratitude to the armed forces. He is absolutely right; they have been spread right across the United Kingdom. I think I am right in saying…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyMy hon. Friend has my assurance. This is the incredible value—it has been difficult to get there, and I recognise, as he does, that tough choices have had to be made, but we have…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI thank the hon. Lady, but first I want to reassure my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) that I have remembered the name I forgot earlier; it is…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI appreciate that my right hon. Friend has not yet had a chance to go through this in detail, and I apologise if he did not got a copy in advance, but I would be delighted to…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyOn my hon. Friend’s last point, we are very focused on increasing availability to make certain that our ships are where they should be—at sea, often present. The example we have…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyWith permission, I should like to make a statement on the future defence and security industrial strategy. Last November, the Prime Minister announced he was increasing spending…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyI am delighted to confirm that the next years will be all about delivery, delivery, delivery, based on the sound financial footing that this defence settlement has given us. I am…23 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence Estate Optimisation ProgrammeThe defence estate optimisation portfolio is a 25-year multibillion-pound investment in modernising MOD basing. It provides resilience and ensures that our service personnel can…15 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have received a large number of parliamentary questions from the right hon. Gentleman, and I believe that I have answered that question as part of them. If not, I will make…15 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hope we may have found a technical solution that would enable base-dependent sites to be dealt with to allow sales to social housing providers if the parties agree. Our advice…15 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWarton plays a key role in the UK’s combat air sector and Tempest is the future of that sector, with over 1,800 highly skilled engineers already involved in the programme, going…15 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMany constituencies and many constituents will benefit from it. I know my hon. Friend is a fierce advocate for Leonardo helicopters in his part of the world. In that particular…15 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not going to prejudge in advance of the announcements that are going to be made. They will all be made in the next eight days or so. The hon. Gentleman will be able to see…15 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady refers to two bits of potential industrial action. I have written to her about RAF Leeming in the last month. Obviously, it is a source of concern when employers and…15 Mar 2021