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HANSARDDefence Sector: Economic GrowthAs a very proud Labour and Co-operative MP, I know just how important it is to use community energy to create good renewable energy and cut energy bills. I would be very happy to…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Sector: Economic GrowthI thank my constituency neighbour for raising issues involving the south-west. I am actually opening that factory in the hon. Member’s constituency next week, and I look forward…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Procurement: SMEsI am grateful for the time that my hon. Friend spent talking to me about SME potential in Dudley and across the west midlands last week. There is a huge opportunity to direct more…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Procurement: SMEsThe role of west midlands SMEs in support of our armed forces is vital for our national security. The Ministry of Defence has just published our regional breakdown of defence…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Sector InnovationAs we move towards warfighting readiness, the Government are investing more of our rising defence budget in new technologies and innovation, and the need for more innovative…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Procurement: SMEsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising the important role that universities play. In the defence industrial strategy, published a few months ago, we set out our…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Sector InnovationAs a fellow south-west MP, I know just how important it is for us to invest in defence skills in the south-west and across the United Kingdom. The defence industrial strategy…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Sector InnovationKeeping our nation safe in the air, on land and at sea requires cyber and space capabilities. Defence was attacked 90,000 times in the cyber domain, which amounts to roughly 250…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Sector InnovationI agree with the hon. Gentleman’s critique of the system that we inherited from the previous Government, which frankly was not good enough. We do need to see procurement…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Sector: Economic GrowthDefence is an engine for growth. The defence industrial strategy, which we published in September, sets out how we will reform procurement, cut contracting times, spend more of…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to meet the hon. Lady to discuss this further. The last Government, I am afraid, left not only our weapons stockpiles almost empty, but far too many of our parts…03 Nov 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealThere are a number of nations across Europe and Asia with complex energy dependencies on Russia. This Government and our partner nations have been very clear that there needs to…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s welcome of the good-value platforms that we are exporting to Türkiye; it is really important that we have a strong relationship with…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with the full details, but having another Typhoon partner nation using UK radar technologies provides the opportunity for us to get…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI thank my hon. Friend not only for the promotion that he has offered me twice in his question, but for the support he has shown for his workforce. In these times of increased…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI am comfortable that we have adequate measures in place on that matter. However, the right hon. Gentleman is right that Türkiye does not participate in the F-35 programme. As…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealThe armed forces parliamentary scheme is a brilliant opportunity for parliamentarians with or without defence knowledge to learn more about our platforms and, perhaps most…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI am happy to write to the right hon. Gentleman about the precise details of that deal. I politely say to him that the future is crewed, uncrewed and autonomous. That is what the…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI suspect that I will need to meet my hon. Friend to get to the bottom of that question, but I am very happy to do so. As a nation, we certainly welcome the investment of overseas…29 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI thank the hon. Gentleman for championing his workforce. One of the things that makes this House stand in contrast with some other places around the world is that we can, on a…29 Oct 2025