Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Selaine Saxby and Aaron Bell

Tuesday 8th March 2022 Commons Chamber

[Aaron Bell (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Con)]

5. What steps her Department is taking to support Ukraine.

[Selaine Saxby (North Devon) (Con)]

10. What steps her Department is taking to support Ukraine.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Selaine Saxby and Aaron Bell

Monday 24th May 2021 Commons Chamber

[Selaine Saxby (North Devon) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the armed forces are supported by world-class technological capabilities.

[Aaron Bell (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the armed forces are supported by world-class technological capabilities.

[The Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin)]

To ensure that our armed forces are able to meet current and future threats, we are investing over £6.6 billion in defence research and development over the next four years. Defence will accelerate the use of the next generation technologies through focused investment on demonstrators and early prototypes, aggressively pursuing game-changing capabilities at pace. This includes areas such as directed energy and hypersonic weapons, forms of drones, artificial intelligence and automation.