Debates between James Heappey and Mick Whitley during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between James Heappey and Mick Whitley
Monday 13th June 2022

(2 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Heappey Portrait The Minister for the Armed Forces (James Heappey)
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I can certainly give that assurance. We will give the Ukrainians as much as we can. We will support them with logistics, training and equipment to give them every chance of ensuring that Putin fails.

Mick Whitley Portrait Mick Whitley (Birkenhead) (Lab)
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T4. It is now three months since the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State visited the Cammell Laird shipyard in my constituency for the launch of the national shipbuilding strategy refresh, but for all the lofty promises that were made on that day, the Government continue to sell out British shipbuilding by refusing to guarantee work for UK shipyards. Let me give just one example. British yards are ready and able to deliver the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s new fleet solid support ships, but Ministers continue to refuse to rule out offshoring the lion’s share of the work on that critical project. Can the Secretary of State tell me when this Government will at last put British manufacturers first and adopt my party’s policy of building in Britain by default?