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HANSARDDefence IndustryGiven the recent increase in our settlement of £2.2 billion, of which a large proportion will go on investing in the capital part of our budget, the future for UK aerospace should…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDefence IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is tempting me to comment on an ongoing competition. As he knows, if we were to prejudice that competition, both the UK taxpayer and potentially UK industry…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDefence IndustryWhere possible, we should do all we can to ensure a huge proportion of UK content in all the contracts we deliver so that our forces get the kit they need.21 Oct 2019HANSARDDefence Manufacturing CapabilitiesTo help sustain future capabilities we have published strategies for shipbuilding and combat air and refreshed our defence industrial policy with a new emphasis on supporting…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDefence Manufacturing CapabilitiesTo keep skills and innovation here the Government have been determined to invest in home-grown innovation. It is the best way to sustain UK capability in the long term. That is…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDefence Manufacturing CapabilitiesMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has been very clear about the need for a points-based system to enable us to secure the skills that we need, but, again, the long-term…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDefence Manufacturing CapabilitiesI think that the last part of the right hon. Gentleman’s question anticipated the result of any competition that will take place, and I am not going to comment on who or what is…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDefence Manufacturing CapabilitiesI shall have to write to the hon. Lady about the Red Arrows, because I was not expecting that question, but the Tempest project is an important signal to BAE Systems that the…21 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have regularly met the unions from Brough over the years, and not only because I represent a site in Lancashire that also employs BAE workers. The key is for us to support BAE…21 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right that white phosphorus is permitted only for use in signals and markers; it is not allowed, under the Geneva convention, to be used as a weapon. A number of…21 Oct 2019HANSARDStrait of Hormuz: UK ShippingHappy Trafalgar day, Mr Speaker. Ships transiting the strait of Hormuz are currently exposed to the threat of being harried by units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and, in…21 Oct 2019HANSARDStrait of Hormuz: UK ShippingI agree strongly with my hon. Friend’s point, which is why this Government have invested in not only the new Type 26 frigate but the Type 31, which will be designed to be more…21 Oct 2019HANSARDStrait of Hormuz: UK ShippingMy hon. Friend makes an important point about the threat that the IRGC poses to not only the region but countries such as ours. The Quds force is currently proscribed. Further…21 Oct 2019HANSARDStrait of Hormuz: UK ShippingI am, of course, delighted to agree with the hon. Gentleman about the amazing quality that they bring to our armed forces. I am a landlubber, as a former soldier, so I can only…21 Oct 2019HANSARDReserve Forces and Cadets Association External Security Team Report 2019I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the reserves and delivery of the Future Reserves 2020 programme compiled by the reserve…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEconomic CrimeAbsolutely. Building “failure to prevent” offences such as bribery and tax evasion into statute makes a real difference. It is important for us to give our law enforcement…15 Jul 2019HANSARDEconomic CrimeGiven the economic character of that question, the best thing is for me to write to the hon. Lady with the detail of the number of financial investigators— [Interruption.] The…15 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend has led a long campaign against such people. He will be glad to know that in the last few years, with our new impetus on economic crime, we have found that a…15 Jul 2019HANSARDEconomic CrimeAs the hon. Gentleman will know, I have been talking about that issue for a long time, and we have been working hard on it. “Failure to prevent” in relation to tax evasion is now…15 Jul 2019HANSARDEconomic CrimeTransparency is the best disinfectant in such cases, and the Government are working hard to improve the operation of Companies House to ensure that we get to the bottom of some of…15 Jul 2019