This is not about managing decline. We have a record number of people in work and have committed more than 2% of our national income to national defence. [Interruption.] And we have more than 2 million apprentices, I am told. The hon. Lady will understand that businesses and companies evolve and grow and invest in different technologies. The procurement of the F-35 fighter has brought forward jobs for BAE Systems. I appreciate her passion, but if she wants to stand on the platform of a party that wants to support exports in this vital sector, she needs to come across to the Government’s side of the House.
BAE Systems Military Air & Information Sites: Job Losses
Proceeding contribution from
Claire O'Neill
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 October 2017.
It occurred during Urgent question on BAE Systems Military Air & Information Sites: Job Losses.
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