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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

John Bercow Excerpts
Tuesday 15th December 2015

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry
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I am sure my hon. Friend will continue to make that case. I have to say that a number of other airports are in the running and we aim to launch the selection process next year. We have heard the great news about the launch today and Major Tim going up into space. Ground control can report that the UK space sector has almost doubled to £11.8 billion—[Interruption.] I know it is the festive season, but I think it is most unfortunate that Opposition Members are singing. It is not good. I hope they might cheer the fact that the sector has almost doubled to £11.8 billion in just seven years and employs 37,000 people.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Sing, but no Member of this House can match David Bowie—highly relevant as far as ground control is concerned.

Angela Smith Portrait Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab)
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Rolls-Royce is of strategic importance to our aerospace industry, not just in Derby but in Sheffield and Bristol. What are the Government prepared to do to safeguard that capacity, which is increasingly in the news at the moment, in order to ensure that we not just invest in but safeguard the future of the industry so that the UK stays at the forefront of aerospace manufacturing globally?

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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Because after 13 years of the Labour party being in charge, we had the biggest recession our country had seen in almost 100 years and it has taken time for the country to recover from that. As I have said, productivity is on the rise.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Last but not least, I call Diana Johnson.

Diana Johnson Portrait Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
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17. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on improving competition in the broadband market.

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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am sorry but we must now move on.