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Debate between Philip Dunne and Graham Allen
Monday 13th July 2015

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Dunne
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My hon. Friend lights on a very important point—that defence plays a part in the prosperity of this nation. ADS, the trade association, has estimated that some £22 billion of economic activity is attributable to the defence industry and it employs some 200,000 people in this country. The combat jet component of that is significant.

Graham Allen Portrait Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab)
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T5. Does the Secretary of State believe that after the invasion of Iraq and the intervention in Afghanistan and Libya, we have less international fundamentalist religious terrorism or more?