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Defence Industrial Strategy

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

440 c1462-78 

Session

2005-06

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1478 (Link to this contribution) We have given that continual attention. I am musing on the word ““independent””. I am not sure what ...

Philip Hollobone | 440 c1478 (Link to this contribution) What consideration has been given in the strategy to the importance to the United Kingdom of having ...

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Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1478 (Link to this contribution) I join the hon. Gentleman in his tribute to the forces. As he knows, I was involved in trying to wor...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 440 c1477-8 (Link to this contribution) I join the Secretary of State in his warm tribute to our armed forces. As he knows, we in Northern I...

Mark Pritchard | 440 c1477 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State mentioned outsourcing aeronautical engineering in pursuit of value for money....

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1477 (Link to this contribution) No, we have not got to that. I have made several estimates, however, one of which is: what would hap...

Peter Bone | 440 c1477 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State acknowledge the genuine concern in the RAF about the lack of equipment a...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1477 (Link to this contribution) I suspect there has never been a time when members of the armed forces did not properly want more, q...

Ben Wallace | 440 c1476 (Link to this contribution) My constituents who work for British Aerospace will be most disappointed to hear the Secretary of St...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1476 (Link to this contribution) First, although the hon. Gentleman clearly feels that my statement is terrible for BAE Systems, the ...

Michael Jack | 440 c1476 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Secretary of State’s involvement of BAE Systems in my constituency—employing some ...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1476-7 (Link to this contribution) For blatantly obvious reasons the right hon. Gentleman will not expect me to tell him how I intend t...

Mike Weir | 440 c1477 (Link to this contribution) Given the time scale, has the Secretary of State made any assessment of the likely impact of the mas...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1475 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his remarks about the carrier programme, and he is right about our approa...

Brian Jenkins | 440 c1475 (Link to this contribution) I welcome today’s document for its openness, and I congratulate the Ministry on its value-for-money ...

Peter Viggers | 440 c1474 (Link to this contribution) This is an ambitious programme of big capital projects, but will the Secretary of State take into ac...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1475-6 (Link to this contribution) Well, I suppose that I should begin by saying that I am deeply, deeply grateful for the support that...

David Laws | 440 c1475 (Link to this contribution) On the helicopter sector, may I, as MP for Yeovil and an economic liberal, say that the Secretary of...

Ian Davidson | 440 c1474 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome this document, and take particular note of the important fact that it has been p...

Robert Key | 440 c1473 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Secretary of State’s judgment in putting his trust in respect of our chemical and...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1474 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, that is one of the issues that has to be dealt with. Whenever I make a statement on any a...

Mark Tami | 440 c1473 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the review but there has been some speculation about the air tanker project and a possible...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1473 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can. First, I welcome the interest that the right hon. Gentleman and the Defence Committee ha...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1473 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to confirm that this document does not affect in any way the future direction of the tanke...

Linda Gilroy | 440 c1472 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on introducing this strategy, which is in the long-term interest...

Speaker | 440 c1472 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am keen to call as many Back Benchers as possible on this statement, but I am also mindful ...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 440 c1472-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving me advance notice of this document and I agree wi...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1472 (Link to this contribution) The answer to the first question is yes: the contribution made by the work force to which my hon. Fr...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1470-1 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. My right hon. Friend will have noted that yesterday’s carrier announcement referred not...

Michael Moore | 440 c1471 (Link to this contribution) I begin by associating myself and my colleagues with the tributes that the Secretary of State paid t...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1472 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks and I hope that the opportunity for such a debate arises....

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1462-4 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the defence industria...

Liam Fox | 440 c1466-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his statement, and for making copies available to the Op...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1469-70 (Link to this contribution) There are obviously some elements of the hon. Gentleman’s contribution that I greatly welcome. I thi...

Julian Lewis | 440 c1464 (Link to this contribution) Unpersoned.

Lord Spellar | 440 c1470 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said that the UK operates the most open defence market in the world and menti...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1474 (Link to this contribution) The answer to the last question is yes: I am always ready for such meetings. I met those representat...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1464-6 (Link to this contribution) From a sedentary position, the hon. Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis) says ““unpersoned””. I t...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1477 (Link to this contribution) We live in interesting times. I saw Conservative Front Benchers curl up at those heretical words fro...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 440 c1474-5 (Link to this contribution) Yes indeed. One reason why we must get best value for money is that these projects are immensely exp...

Subjects

Ammunition Defence Armoured fighting vehicles Helicopters Procurement Military aircraft Repairs and maintenance Shipbuilding Warships Aerospace industry Submarines Guided weapons Unmanned air systems

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