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Arrangement of Business
Tuesday 25th March 2025

(3 weeks, 4 days ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I am very happy to agree with my noble friend’s assessment of the damage that Brexit has done to our economy.

Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)
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My Lords, many of our European partners, particularly Poland, are seeking to diversify satellite technology to overcome the reliance on certain technologies in the context of increased defence expenditure. Surely that would also be the United Kingdom’s ambition. Can the Minister confirm that, as we increase our defence expenditure—which I welcome—there is now the opportunity to work much closer with our European allies, rather than using part of that increased expenditure on Starlink, which is owned by Elon Musk?

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