My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is vital to have a well-established industry to be able to respond to a crisis. The Ministry of Defence and the Treasury need to break out of the ideological straitjacket that states that domestic industry does not matter and we can buy from anywhere in the world. That is a hugely important change.
Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 March 2022.
It occurred during Estimates day on Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22.
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