Global Navigation Satellite System Debate
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Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
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Global Navigation Satellite System
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Excerpts(3 years, 8 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
The UK PNT strategy group is developing the UK’s first national PNT strategy, which includes a review of critical dependencies and actions. Decisions on the publication of the strategy and leadership for implementation are subject to a wider review of PNT governance being led by the Cabinet Office.
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (LD)
My Lords, the Government paid £400 million for a minority interest in a failing company whose satellites, as we have heard, are for communication, not navigation. What kind of investment was that?
Lord Callanan (Con)
I outlined in answer to three other questions the rationale for our investment in OneWeb.