John Bercow
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(8 years, 4 months ago)
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Anna Soubry
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.
Mr Speaker
Order. Sing, but no Member of this House can match David Bowie—highly relevant as far as ground control is concerned.
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab)
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?
Sajid Javid
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.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
17. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on improving competition in the broadband market.
Several hon. Members rose—