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Debate between Mark Francois and Mike Penning
Monday 13th March 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Penning Portrait Mike Penning
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Yet again Scottish National party Members want to run down the Royal Navy and the fantastic work it is doing. What is important is whether the Navy is there and whether our submarines are there. They are, and this is exactly what the Navy will be expected to do.

Mark Francois Portrait Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford) (Con)
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HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, the two largest warships ever procured for the Royal Navy, are currently being built and fitted out in Scotland. As Scotland is much in the news today, will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to remind the House of the great defence benefits there are in Scotland remaining part of our United Kingdom?

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