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Syria: Russian Redeployment and the Peace Process
Tuesday 15th March 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Last but not least, Mr Alan Mak.

Alan Mak Portrait Mr Alan Mak (Havant) (Con)
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Havant is a national centre for aerospace and engineering excellence. Will the Minister join me in congratulating everyone involved in the ExoMars space programme?

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I certainly will. The UK space industry is indeed booming, with average growth rates of 8% over the past eight years. The ExoMars rover has been built in Stevenage, and I look forward to seeing the results from the Mars methane sniffer once it has completed its seven-month journey to Mars. I would like to tell the House that this morning I received an update from the UK Space Agency to say that a signal has now been received at mission control, so we can safely say that the launch has been a success.

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