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Adjournment debate on Monday, 19 March 2012, in the House of Commons, led by John Robertson. The answering member was Mark Prisk.


Shipbuilding

Adjournment debate on shipbuilding.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
542 c615-24 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 542 c622 (Link to this contribution) Order. To seek to intervene one minute, and then very ostentatiously and blatantly to be fiddling wi...
Mark Prisk | 542 c622-4 (Link to this contribution) I cannot promise the hon. Member for Glasgow North West that we will return to large-scale shipbuild...
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Speaker | 542 c622 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman sought to intervene on a number of occasions. He was perfectly entitled to...
Thomas Docherty | 542 c620 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister will know, refitting the two carriers in Rosyth would give my constituency 50 years ...
Mark Prisk | 542 c619-20 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that we have seen a wind down so that over the next 10...
Mark Prisk | 542 c620-1 (Link to this contribution) All the Royal Navy's current warships are built in the United Kingdom. Scotland has a strong and ski...
John Robertson | 542 c621 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister not accept, however, that the rules we in this country play by are not the same as...
Mark Prisk | 542 c621 (Link to this contribution) I must tell the hon. Gentleman, with respect, that the debate was initiated by the hon. Member for G...
Speaker | 542 c622 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but may I gently say to the hon. Member for Na h-E...
Mark Prisk | 542 c622 (Link to this contribution) I will make progress, if I may. The Technology Strategy Board is helping to co-ordinate a future te...
John Robertson | 542 c617-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will appreciate that the companies do not want to be named, for obvious reasons—their...
Russell Brown | 542 c616 (Link to this contribution) In view of my hon. Friend's discussions with the all-party group, will he tell the House why those c...
John Robertson | 542 c615-6 (Link to this contribution) My speech tonight might be about shipbuilding, but it is fundamentally about commitment—to a traditi...
John Robertson | 542 c619 (Link to this contribution) The Minister, with his limited time, is generous in giving way. Does he agree that the reason why we...
Mark Prisk | 542 c622 (Link to this contribution) I understand that point. The point has been made that the complexity of warships can make it quite d...
Mark Prisk | 542 c618-9 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (John Robertson) on securing the debate, and o...
Subjects
Procurement Scotland Shipbuilding Tankers Tide class tankers
Link
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