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HANSARDCombat Air StrategyYes, I know. I heard the hon. Gentleman’s point about the replacement for the Red Arrows, but that is not a priority; there are a lot of pressures on our budget and we have to…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayNo, he wasn’t Dutch. The hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) talked about national Armed Forces Day. Of course, it is open to all local authorities to apply, so we look…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayI would like to echo the comments that the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) just made. The tone of the debate has clearly reflected the feeling of all Members across the…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayAbsolutely. I am doing a tour of the country now. It is great news that next year the event will be going to Scarborough. Earl Howe will be there this year to support that. It is…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayThere are a lot of offers. I expect that my diary will get extremely busy. Let me just say that I will take everything into consideration and I will get back to my hon. Friend.26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayI do apologise. I did mean to address that point, which is on my sheet. I was not trying to side-step the issue. There are a number of avenues that members of the armed forces are…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayI need to finish now, but I will happily speak to hon. Members after the debate. We have had a really good debate. The hon. Member for Caerphilly was right to say that the tone…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayWell, I walked into that one, didn’t I? I was going to say, let us see what happens in a couple of weeks’ time, but I might not be here. The hon. Member for Glasgow North West…26 Jun 2019HANSARDDefence ManufacturingI would be more than happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and others who have shown an interest in this. As I said, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is currently conducting…20 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can absolutely confirm that, hence why we put an “e” on the end—to show that this is a ship we want to export. We want to show what UK industry can do and the capability it can…20 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Gentleman will know, following the issues involving Galileo the Government announced that £95 million would be spent on exploring exactly what our future options…20 May 2019HANSARDDefence ProcurementMy right hon. Friend is right. One of the things I have noticed in this role and as I go around the country is that innovation really exists in the SME sector. We have to ensure…20 May 2019HANSARDDefence ProcurementCompetition remains the cornerstone of defence procurement policy, except where other strategic considerations need to be taken into account—for example, national security,…20 May 2019HANSARDDefence ProcurementI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s kind comments. It was a pleasure to meet a number of businesses in his constituency. We have been engaging a lot with the small and…20 May 2019HANSARDDefence ProcurementI thank my hon. Friend for her question. She will be aware that Sir John Parker is currently doing a review of his initial report. International competition is also about…20 May 2019HANSARDDefence ProcurementThat is precisely why the Type 26s, Type 31s and aircraft carriers were built in the UK, so that we could maintain that capability here in the United Kingdom. The right hon.…20 May 2019HANSARDDefence ProcurementI do not actually recognise the hon. Gentleman’s interpretation of the competition. This is a challenging competition for the very reason that we want to ensure that UK industry…20 May 2019HANSARDSafeguarding Military TechnologyIt is clearly important that we provide appropriate protection for sensitive research with defence or security applications, whether conducted in our universities or in industry.…20 May 2019HANSARDSafeguarding Military TechnologyI thank my hon. Friend for raising this very important issue. I can confirm that we work very closely with universities to inform them of the risk posed by military-civilian…20 May 2019HANSARDDefence ManufacturingThe 2015 strategic defence and security review introduced a new national security objective to promote UK prosperity. We subsequently published strategies for shipbuilding and…20 May 2019