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Debate between Mary Creagh and Alex Norris
Monday 23rd October 2017

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mary Creagh Portrait Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab)
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3. What progress he is making on meeting the targets for 2020 set out in the SDSR 2015.

Alex Norris Portrait Alex Norris (Nottingham North) (Lab/Co-op)
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17. What progress he is making on meeting the targets for 2020 set out in the SDSR 2015.

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mark Lancaster)
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Since SDSR 2015, we have cut steel on the first Type 26 and signed the contract to buy new Apache helicopters. We are on track to deliver by the end of 2020: initial operating capability for carrier strike; maritime patrol aircraft; and to field Ajax. We have launched our innovation initiative, and published both our shipbuilding and our international defence engagement strategies.

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