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Defence Industrial Strategy

I join the hon. Gentleman in his tribute to the forces. As he knows, I was involved in trying to work in partnership with Bombardier. I certainly hope that there will be a role, not only for Thales—formerly Bombardier—but for a lot of small and medium-sized companies that are perhaps not mentioned here today when we deal with the big shipyards and companies. I hope that by allowing the big companies to plan, through systems integration and project management in the United Kingdom and by indicating to small companies the direction in which the market is likely to move, it will assist smaller companies.