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HANSARDBritish ShipbuildingThe national shipbuilding strategy and the National Shipbuilding Office are supporting our ambition to grow the UK shipbuilding enterprise and support UK jobs. Five new Type 31…30 Jan 2023HANSARDBritish ShipbuildingFirst, it is predominantly a matter for private companies or indeed non-Government departments to choose how and why to buy those vessels. But of course, to encourage more UK…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMemorandum of Understanding: MOD and League Against Cruel SportsThe Ministry of Defence, as the UK’s biggest landowner, is delighted to welcome a range of people to use the land, including walkers, mountain bikers and riders; as long as they…30 Jan 2023HANSARDBritish ShipbuildingI can guess the memo that was sent from the union to the hon. Lady about what to ask. The reality is that unless we invest in our shipbuilding industry and unless we collaborate…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsIt is important, across the international community, that the public get a sense of where all our donations are going and how they are being used. On a recent visit, I met…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsWe are still on track to maintain above 2% of GDP on defence spending, if that is the obligation to which the hon. Lady is referring. It is important, as colleagues have pointed…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsI absolutely agree. First, that is why for the second year in a row, and nearly for a third, under my stewardship the Ministry of Defence will come in on budget or under…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsThe payments represent a number of new appointments that we have made and that we are turning around the Submarine Delivery Agency to improve availability. One area of deep…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsWe always want our homes to be fit for the men and women of our armed forces. I distinctly remember my time in Germany, and indeed in the UK, when the service was in-house, and I…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsDefence procurement is some of the most complex in government, but our defence and security industrial strategy represents a step change that will see industry, Government and…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsIt is a timely question from the hon. Gentleman. This weekend, I looked at the different options for finding compensation or recompense from the providers in the first place. I…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsI am informed by the Minister for Defence Procurement that the report is coming imminently, which I hope means in a few weeks, not months. I will read it and then, of course, I…30 Jan 2023HANSARDMilitary Procurement StandardsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I will do a deal with him if he admits that that is not the only example: we have all made strategic errors in our defence policies in…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsObviously, for security reasons, I cannot tell my hon. Friend exactly the timings. It starts with training on the operation of the platforms and then there is training on joining…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, you have only to listen to the veterans on the Government Benches to understand their experience under a Labour Government. Let us remember Snatch Land Rovers and all…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI totally agree with the right hon. Gentleman that we need to set out a plan. But may I also tell him —I chased this in advance of today’s questions following the previous…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is a really wonderful dossier, as far as dodgy ones go, because half the waste in it was under a Labour Government.30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted that we share the European headquarters of the defence innovation accelerator for the north Atlantic, or DIANA—a unit within NATO—with Estonia. I felt that it was…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince we took on the battle over getting tanks to Ukraine, people are understandably asking what will be the next capability. What we know about all these demands is that the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend always tempts me. I think the Poles who are on the frontline have shown tremendous leadership in the face of Russia’s growing aggression, not only to their…30 Jan 2023