Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Julian Smith Excerpts
Monday 31st January 2011

(13 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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Yes. In the SDSR, we are committed to the seventh Astute submarine, partly to ensure that the skills base was there as we went through to the successor programme. We regard the ability to build and maintain our nuclear deterrent successor programme as part of our sovereign capability.

Julian Smith Portrait Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con)
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T6. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that British small businesses get a greater share of defence contracts, in terms not only of volume, but of value?