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Debate between Lord Willetts and Sajid Javid

Thursday 8th December 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Willetts]

That is a very interesting idea. It is absolutely right that British satellite technology plays a greater role than is recognised in ensuring that we have information about the sites of disasters. Earlier this year we chaired the disaster monitoring committee, which ensured that satellite images were immediately available after the tsunami in Japan and after disasters elsewhere in the world. There are certainly imaginative ideas through which this role could be enhanced.

[Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con)]

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