UK's Nuclear Deterrent

Debate between Drew Hendry and Alberto Costa

Monday 18th July 2016 Commons Chamber

[Drew Hendry]

No, I am going to carry on.

As my hon. Friend the Member for Stirling (Steven Paterson) has said, our future threats include cyber-attacks. There has been hardly any talk of the future investment needed to make sure that we make vulnerable systems invulnerable. I want to quote—[Interruption.] I know that the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) likes to intervene, but he rarely says anything of value. The Defense Science Board final report, “Resilient, Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat”—

[Alberto Costa]

rose—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. There can be only one Member on his feet at one time. The hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry) is not willing to give way, because he wants other colleagues to be able to get in. Come on through, Drew Hendry.