Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Alan Strickland Excerpts
Monday 15th December 2025

(1 day, 21 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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We will be on questions for a long time at this rate.

Alan Strickland Portrait Alan Strickland (Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor) (Lab)
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T6.   Last week, I was proud to meet Filtronic, a leading satellite communications business at NETPark that is part of a growing space cluster. How will Ministers from the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology work together to champion our innovative space industry?

Luke Pollard Portrait Luke Pollard
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As the space nerd in the ministerial team, I welcome my hon. Friend’s interest in space. Working with Baroness Lloyd, the Minister in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, we have a real opportunity to renew our space strategy, because the strategy we inherited was out of date and ineffective and was not supporting our industry. We are seeking to support our industry to go further, and I am happy to meet my hon. Friend and other colleagues to discuss space further.