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HANSARDDefence Sector JobsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. We are delivering for defence by putting people at the heart of our defence plans. The new consumer charter for families in military homes will…19 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with my hon. Friend: we need to do more to support British defence manufacturing, and we are doing more by reforming procurement and prioritising UK-based businesses for…19 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her welcome for that investment in her constituency. We have to do more to improve housing for military families, including in Suffolk Coastal. The…19 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that point. I will look into it and get back to him.19 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will certainly do that. Programme Euston is a £2 billion investment aiming to deliver resilient out-of-water engineering capability at His Majesty’s naval base Clyde by the…19 May 2025HANSARDDefence Sector JobsThis Government are making defence an engine for growth across the UK. Our forthcoming defence industrial strategy will grow a faster, more integrated, more innovative and…19 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have met representatives of Aeralis on a number of occasions, as have my senior officials. The MOD has provided the company with considerable support as it develops its concept…19 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces HousingI agree with my hon. Friend’s analysis of the impact of poor housing. We have regained control of 2,793 of the 3,221 service family accommodation units in Yorkshire and Humber…19 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces HousingWe are delivering for defence by putting people at the heart of our defence plans. We have secured a deal to buy back 36,000 military homes to improve housing for forces families…19 May 2025HANSARDDefence Sector JobsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. We are delivering for defence across all the nations and regions. The Clyde infrastructure programme—a £1.8 billion programme—will create…19 May 2025HANSARDEuropean Rearmament FundAny financial commitment that has to be made will be subject to the further discussions that I have just set out. Today’s agreement enables us to discuss bilaterally what…19 May 2025HANSARDDefence Sector JobsThe hon. Member has set out a compelling reason why I should meet him, and I am very happy to do so.19 May 2025HANSARDDefence Industries: North-EastIt is great to be here under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Luke Myer) on securing the…13 May 2025HANSARDVulcan Handover DateThe Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment in Caithness, Scotland, has been used for prototype testing of nuclear propulsion plants for more than 50 years. The last test reactor…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend my hon. Friend for asking that question. He will know that the strategic defence review is considering our current mix of fourth and fifth-generation aircraft. He will…24 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI very much agree with my hon. Friend. Of course, there are skills shortages across much of manufacturing, not only in defence, so there is certainly going to be an issue. I can…24 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will probably know, Type 31s are being built at Rosyth and Type 26s are being built at Govan. We have got a programme for eight at Govan, and five so far at…24 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI cannot give the hon. Gentleman an answer right now, but I am certainly happy to look into it and meet him, if he wants a meeting, or write to him.24 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that Hawk is due to be out of service in the early 2030s. We are taking steps to consider what the alternatives might be, and we of will course…24 Mar 2025HANSARDNATO Defence Industrial CapacityI have met a number of my equivalents bilaterally, but it is important to say that we welcome the ReArm initiative and that it is in all our interests for SAFE to allow member…24 Mar 2025