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HANSARDDefence Sector: SkillsMy hon. Friend is a real champion of his constituents who work at RAF Wyton, and all those who could work there through the expanded opportunities, which I have spoken to the hon.…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Sector: SkillsThis Government’s approach is to create jobs and opportunity through the increasing defence budget in every part of the United Kingdom, including Scotland. The Norway frigate deal…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial BaseI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for championing the BAE site in Rochester. We want more defence companies to invest more in skills. In the defence industrial strategy…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyOn a day when the hon. Lady could be celebrating the work of SMEs in her constituency and talking up British growth, she is here again with a complaint. There is a clear process…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyThere is no better champion than the hon. Gentleman; I have met him a number of times when he has spoken about his constituency. I agree with him that there is real opportunity in…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial BaseThrough the defence industrial strategy, the Ministry of Defence will strengthen the defence industrial base by supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, fostering…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial BaseI thank my hon. Friend for celebrating the investment we are seeing. Foreign direct investment is a really important component part of building our ecosystem for defence…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for championing the work that takes place at Scotstoun. In both Govan and Scotstoun, we have an incredible workforce building the world’s best…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for championing her local businesses. Her constituency is not only the home of the British Army, but an incredible base for innovation and advanced…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and for championing novel technologies. The £400 million that we have allocated to UK Defence Innovation is intended to champion those…08 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Type 26 deal with Norway shows what is possible when we have a determined export campaign. We are looking at working with a number of our European allies, and allies further…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the Rolls-Royce skills work, because Derby is one of the best-in-class examples in this area. That company can invest in its people…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial BaseTo a Minister just promoted by the son of a toolmaker in the reshuffle, tooling is a very appropriate question. We are targeting more of the increased defence budget at British…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI replied to the debate on defence in the north-east only a few weeks ago, and I am very happy to meet my hon. Friend to look at that issue. This is not just about how we back the…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI take that as a strong early bid, and I am happy to talk to the hon. Gentleman about how we can maximise skills in his constituency.08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyThe offset policy that we will shortly consult on with industry provides not just the opportunity for us to bring our industries closer together, but means that in circumstances…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI think the shadow Defence Secretary really wanted to welcome this strategy, but is finding it difficult, because the politics have got in the way. I will deal with some of that,…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyFirst, I thank my hon. Friend for the work he has been doing on how we open up finance to small businesses in particular and how we deal with some of the policies that restrict…08 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is simply prolific in the areas in which she is seeking to improve defence, and I would be very happy to meet her to discuss this further. There will be an…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his customarily thoughtful question. He will know of our intention to build six new munitions factories, including a new energetics factory,…08 Sept 2025