UK Maritime Sector

I am sorry to interrupt. The right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point about the skills that ...

The hon. Gentleman speaks with a great deal of knowledge, and he raises an interesting point. I t...

It is a pleasure to see you back in your place, Sir George. I congratulate both the right hon. Me...

It is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Sir George. I congratulate the right hon. Membe...

I am grateful to my good friend for giving way. I congratulate him on the work that he has done i...

I thank the hon. Gentleman, who is characteristically generous. Others in the House, him included...

Order. I will call the Front Benchers at 2.30. The right hon. Gentleman has already taken up more...

I have effectively, Sir George, covered the material that I intended to cover. With your restrict...

I now feel obliged to impose a time limit of seven minutes on Back-Bench speeches. That should en...

It is good to see you in your place, Sir George. I will endeavour to meet your time limit, althou...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate and to add a Northern Irish perspective to the contributi...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) on securing the debate. It is cu...

As always, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir George. I think you are the first Chair ...

It is terrific to see you in the Chair, Sir George. I am sure all hon. Members echo that.

M...

It is very good to see you in the Chair, Sir George. It is also a great pleasure to follow the ho...

Careful—the reshuffle is not over yet. [Laughter.]

That is a good and timely point. The Government will be relieved to know that we do not agree on ...

Will the Minister give way?

Once I have agreed with the right hon. Gentleman one more time, if I may. He asks whether we beli...

Will the Minister inform the House whether he has any indication of when the refresh of the natio...

I cannot give the right hon. Gentleman the precision he would like, but it will be before the end...

I thank the Minister, who has a real passion for the sector and for aviation. We have had a good,...