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Victoria Atkins Excerpts
Thursday 26th January 2017

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Jones Portrait Mr David Jones
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I visited the Airbus factory in Bristol just before Christmas and saw the wonderful work that it is doing there. He is right to say that integrated manufacturing across Europe is important and I have no doubt that we will be putting in place arrangements to ensure that it continues.

Victoria Atkins Portrait Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle) (Con)
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An RAF Typhoon flown from my constituency and HMS St Albans have man-marked a rusting Russian aircraft carrier as it makes its journey of shame through the English channel on its way back from raids on Aleppo. Does that not demonstrate the important role that the United Kingdom must play after our exit in ensuring the defence and security of Europe as a whole?

David Jones Portrait Mr Jones
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My hon. Friend is right. Britain is a leading power in NATO and will continue to be after we leave the European Union.