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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 25 July 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Browne of Ladyton.

CSR and Aircraft Carriers

Statement on the spending review and aircraft carriers.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
463 c865-80 
Session
2006-07
Department
Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Armed Forces: Aircraft Carriers
Monday, 7 January 2008
Written questions
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 463 c869 (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Speaker takes a very dim view of electronic devices going off in the Chamber. I am not qu...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c879 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is a champion of workers not only in larger companies, but in important niche compani...
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Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c880 (Link to this contribution) All the issues that my hon. Friend has raised are under consideration, but it would be otiose for me...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 463 c879 (Link to this contribution) The news about the carriers is obviously splendid and there will be widespread support for it throug...
Mark Hendrick | 463 c879 (Link to this contribution) How confident is my right hon. Friend that a short take-off and vertical landing version of the join...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c880 (Link to this contribution) Today’s decision will have no effect at all on the ongoing negotiations and discussions on meeting t...
John P Smith | 463 c880 (Link to this contribution) May I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement this afternoon? It is confirmation, if confirm...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c880 (Link to this contribution) I can reassure my hon. Friend that there is a commitment at the highest level in the Government to g...
David Crausby | 463 c880 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his proposals on home ownership for our service personnel. One of t...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c874 (Link to this contribution) In our negotiations about the joint strike fighter programme we are not planning for failure. Having...
Linda Gilroy | 463 c874 (Link to this contribution) I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend on achieving an above-inflation increase in the settlemen...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c874 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, and other hon. Members who represent constituencies where there are...
Alan Reid | 463 c874 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the announcement about ordering the carriers and retaining the Faslane base, although I am...
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 463 c875 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend knows that I wrote to him a few weeks ago in my capacity as chair of the Portsm...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c873-4 (Link to this contribution) I thought that my hon. Friend was going to put me in a position whereby I could say that there was a...
Michael Jack | 463 c874 (Link to this contribution) The Minister for Defence Equipment and Support has made it clear that if the technology share agreem...
Ian Davidson | 463 c873 (Link to this contribution) Hallelujah! This announcement will be much welcomed by the work forces, the unions and the managemen...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c872 (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. Gentleman knows, I respect the knowledge that he has gained, not just in his time ...
John Robertson | 463 c872 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement today and, along with 2,000 workers in the Scot...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c871 (Link to this contribution) I can of course confirm my hon. Friend’s understanding that the Barrow shipyard will make a substant...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 463 c871-2 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased indeed that the carriers are going ahead. Can the Secretary of State assure the Ho...
Peter Viggers | 463 c873 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that the aircraft carriers will operate in task groups, and that t...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c873 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that we refer to these as a combined taskforce. We talk about carriers in r...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c872-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend knows that we have a forward plan for shipbuilding that is described in the response ...
Speaker | 463 c873 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I repeat my request for brief questions and, I hope, brief answers from the Secretary of ...
Neil Turner | 463 c871 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the announcement to build the two carriers. They will be vital to the Royal Navy’s ability...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c878 (Link to this contribution) No decision has been made on the future use of the carriers. I will write to the hon. Gentleman on h...
Lord Beamish | 463 c878-9 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the announcement of the carriers today. It is good news not only for the Navy and t...
Brian Jenkins | 463 c878 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware that the gateway system operates under smart acquisition, to prev...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c878 (Link to this contribution) If we were not in a position to go through a green traffic light, I would certainly not drive throug...
David Heath | 463 c878 (Link to this contribution) Representing Royal Naval air station Yeovilton, I warmly welcome the announcement on the future carr...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c877 (Link to this contribution) I can give my hon. Friend the assurances that he seeks.
Angus Robertson | 463 c877-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a fact that there are fewer shipbuilding jobs in Scotland now than there were in 1997. It is t...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c878 (Link to this contribution) The House is stunned every time the hon. Gentleman gets to his feet and asks questions about jobs in...
Andrew Miller | 463 c877 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has rightly praised the calibre of our personnel in the Royal Navy. It is truly...
Speaker | 463 c877 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have been in the House for only a short time now and I have heard two very long questions a...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c876 (Link to this contribution) It is my privilege and pleasure to build on the work that my right hon. Friend did in the two terms ...
Crispin Blunt | 463 c876-7 (Link to this contribution) So inadequate was the provision for defence expenditure from the previous Conservative Government th...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c875-6 (Link to this contribution) There is no intention of condemning anybody to death by a thousand cuts. I made it clear to those wh...
Lord Reid of Cardowan | 463 c876 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and yet another real-terms increase for the armed forces ...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c875 (Link to this contribution) I think my hon. Friend may be satisfied with the answer, because it starts by paying tribute to Port...
Gary Streeter | 463 c875 (Link to this contribution) In relation to the naval bases, will the Secretary of State give us an idea of the scale of the job ...
Speaker | 463 c875 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has had her two penn’orth.
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c865-7 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to inform the House that the Ministry of Defence has agreed with Her Majesty’s Treasury...
Liam Fox | 463 c867-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his statement and for prior sight of it. There has been...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c868-70 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s welcome for the announcement on the carriers. There has never been an...
Willie Rennie | 463 c870 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of it. On the spending a...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c871 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s welcome for the announcement. As I said, the carriers will sustain an...
Peter Viggers | 463 c869 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. May I apologise to you and to the House? I turned my teleph...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c870 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his welcome and for his kind words. I pay tribute to the contributi...
Adam Ingram | 463 c870 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, which will be well received in the Royal Navy, parti...
Speaker | 463 c869 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I do not have the power to deal with electronic devices, but my earlier remarks sti...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c879 (Link to this contribution) I understand why my hon. Friend asks the question. I understand his desire to shift our attention fr...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c874-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is a champion for his community, although I wonder if those whom he purports to c...
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 463 c877 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman describes the budget in the early years of this Government. My recollection is th...
Subjects
Armed forces Cost effectiveness Housing International cooperation France Public expenditure Procurement Navy Military bases Ministry of Defence Shipbuilding Rolls-Royce Aircraft carriers Nuclear submarines BAE Systems VT Group Departmental expenditure limits
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