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The Government support growing our national space capabilities, especially by

establishing the new national space council, which will be chaired by the Prime Minister. We are supporting Orbex to develop an exciting new launch vehicle technology with a grant of £5.5 million as part of our industrial strategy. We are keen to work with it as part of the wider national space framework we are establishing.

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Chris Skidmore (Conservative)
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2019
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666 c808
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House of Commons

It is nice to be top of the menu for once. Yes, at 2.32 pm, we will have the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 moon

mission. On the Government’s commitment to space, I will be giving a speech at the Policy Exchange, setting out what we think is a clear priority for the UK economy—not just in space exploration, but in earth observation. To come back again to the net zero target—it is not like we have talked about it enough already—space technology is a key enabling technology that will enable us to better detect changes in the earth. The future of space is actually critical for our survival on earth.

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Chris Skidmore (Conservative)
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
16 July 2019
Reference
663 c705
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House of Commons