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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 18 July 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Mark Pritchard. The answering member was Lord Watson of Wyre Forest.

Defence Jobs

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on defence jobs in Shropshire.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
449 c22-45WH 
Session
2005-06
Department
Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Lord Harper | 449 c38-9WH (Link to this contribution) I knew that I was taking my life in my hands with that remark. It is a defence debate, and I am well...
Speaker | 449 c38WH (Link to this contribution) You have given yourself good advice.
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Lord Harper | 449 c38WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Hood. Before I turn to the debate, I want to ...
Lord Harper | 449 c39-40WH (Link to this contribution) I will not give way again, as time is short and I want to allow the Minister to deal with the many i...
Lord Harper | 449 c39WH (Link to this contribution) That is a helpful intervention. I agree that the decision about the defence training review—indeed, ...
Chris Bryant | 449 c39WH (Link to this contribution) All the joshing apart, does the hon. Gentleman agree that the most important issue that the MOD has ...
Chris Bryant | 449 c40WH (Link to this contribution) I have my press release already.
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c40WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mr. Hood. If we could physically hug each other, I would ...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c34WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman support me in supporting the idea of an in-house bid for the defence trainin...
Owen Paterson | 449 c35-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Hood—it takes us back to the good old d...
David Wright | 449 c34-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am happy to put it on the record that I have always supported the idea of an in-house bid. I met P...
Owen Paterson | 449 c36-7WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely, Mr. Hood. The vehicle that I am about to mention, called the Scarab, was made at Alvis i...
Speaker | 449 c36WH (Link to this contribution) Order. May I ask the hon. Gentleman to address the subject of this Adjournment debate, which is defe...
Chris Bryant | 449 c38WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Lady actually saying that she has set out the official Liberal Democrat position, and ha...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 449 c37-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your wise guidance this afternoon, Mr. Hood. I shall try not to repe...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 449 c38WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is implying that there must be exclusivity and that the defence training review m...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 449 c38WH (Link to this contribution) Since there are two sites available I am merely putting the case for Cosford. As I said at the begin...
John McDonnell | 449 c27-8WH (Link to this contribution) I will be brief, as I know that local Members will want to speak. I speak simply as the Chair of the...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c26-7WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Cummings. The education sector is important. I pay tribute to Professor Caroline Gip...
David Wright | 449 c32-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) on securing this debate—he has done u...
Philip Dunne | 449 c32WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for a somewhat typical intervention championing the cause of Shropshire from my hon. F...
Daniel Kawczynski | 449 c32WH (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend say in front of the Minister that he shares my view about the strength of feelin...
Philip Dunne | 449 c31-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting the fact that approximately 88 per cent. of the Sou...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c31WH (Link to this contribution) Although I support the expansion of Birmingham airport rather than of Wolverhampton business airport...
Philip Dunne | 449 c29-31WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman’s welcome intervention. It reflects concern among represent...
Sion Simon | 449 c29WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, given the astonishing increase in unemployment in his constituen...
Philip Dunne | 449 c28-9WH (Link to this contribution) I start by congratulating my neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard), o...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c25-6WH (Link to this contribution) We must improve on a rail system that, for the most part, is a good service. My hon. Friend is right...
Chris Bryant | 449 c25WH (Link to this contribution) He said that the infrastructure was already there.
Mark Pritchard | 449 c26WH (Link to this contribution) I am an admirer of the hon. Gentleman, but I always admire him more when he is silent. I am sorry to...
Chris Bryant | 449 c26WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Mark Pritchard | 449 c25WH (Link to this contribution) I can recommend Mark Egerton of Shifnal. I do not declare an interest: I pay every time and even giv...
Daniel Kawczynski | 449 c25WH (Link to this contribution) At present, I am negotiating with the chief executive of Arriva Trains, Mr. Holland, significantly t...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c25WH (Link to this contribution) I pay £6.50. The impact on the community would be serious. I hope that the Government will take an ...
Speaker | 449 c26WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is not giving way.
Daniel Kawczynski | 449 c23WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. As he knows, many of those who work...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c23-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention; he makes some valid points. In the past week or two...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c22-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important issue. Shropshire has a proud and long hi...
Chris Bryant | 449 c24WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Mark Pritchard | 449 c24WH (Link to this contribution) I spoke to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) outside the Chamber. He represents a Welsh con...
Richard Burden | 449 c24WH (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, he will find unity across the entire west midlands on securing the futu...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c24WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention, but was unaware that any party political points were being scor...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c24-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am happy to invite the hon. Gentleman to RAF Cosford to see the fabulous facilities there. He aske...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c41WH (Link to this contribution) We have even got a press release for south Wales out of a debate on defence in the midlands. Our br...
John McDonnell | 449 c41-2WH (Link to this contribution) I shall give one example of a lack of information flow. In relation to the future defence supply cha...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) Unlike my hon. Friend, I do not have the benefit of the PCS brief, but I hope that he can be reassur...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c41WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way; I know that he will want Hansard to be accurate in ref...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c41WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful. I am sure that that clarification will go into Hansard. My hon. Friend the Member for...
Mark Pritchard | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) I just want to put something on the record. There is no such thing as ordinary workers in Shropshire...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) will feel admonished fo...
Daniel Kawczynski | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) On privatisation, the hon. Member for Telford (David Wright) and I met a delegation of workers in th...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. Indeed, I understand that representatives of Amicus, the ma...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) I was only using the hon. Gentleman’s words.
Daniel Kawczynski | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister is not being statesmanlike.
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman want to intervene?
Daniel Kawczynski | 449 c42WH (Link to this contribution) I do, because I was making a serious point. The Minister is trying to say that I used the word ““ord...
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 449 c43-5WH (Link to this contribution) In that case, I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will attend the Amicus meeting straight after this e...
Subjects
Defence Executive agencies Employment Industry Mergers Redundancy Shropshire Telford Defence Logistics Organisation Defence Procurement Agency RAF Cosford
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