Speeches by Eagle.

“I agree with my hon. Friend’s analysis of the impact of poor housing. We have regained control of 2,793 of the 3,221 service family accommodation units in Yorkshire and Humber previously owned by Annington, after a landmark deal earlier this year. As well as saving taxpayers rent that can be recycled into improvements,…”

“I will certainly do that. Programme Euston is a £2 billion investment aiming to deliver resilient out-of-water engineering capability at His Majesty’s naval base Clyde by the early 2030s. Market engagement is under way, but it is too early for me to let my hon. Friend know of any kind of outcome. However, I recognise t…”

“We are delivering for defence by putting people at the heart of our defence plans. We have secured a deal to buy back 36,000 military homes to improve housing for forces families and save taxpayers £600,000 a day in rent. Our new consumer charter means that families will have a named housing officer, improved repairs a…”

“I agree with my hon. Friend: we need to do more to support British defence manufacturing, and we are doing more by reforming procurement and prioritising UK-based businesses for the work that we can give them.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her welcome for that investment in her constituency. We have to do more to improve housing for military families, including in Suffolk Coastal. The defence housing strategy work includes an extensive review of our entire service family accommodation portfolio to determine how we will use our …”

“Any financial commitment that has to be made will be subject to the further discussions that I have just set out. Today’s agreement enables us to discuss bilaterally what arrangements we can make to have access to those programmes.”

“My hon. Friend makes a good point. We are delivering for defence by putting people at the heart of our defence plans. The new consumer charter for families in military homes will include improved repairs, a named housing officer for every family, and a better and clearer complaints process. I am aware of the issues he …”

“I have met representatives of Aeralis on a number of occasions, as have my senior officials. The MOD has provided the company with considerable support as it develops its concept of a modular aircraft with digital design. The Department remains engaged with Aeralis, and with the sector as a whole, to seek a solution th…”

“The UK and the EU will use this opportunity to explore closer collaboration across defence industrial initiatives in a way that will support economic growth and jobs on both sides, and help to prevent fragmentation across our shared industrial base. We can now go on to discuss a bilateral agreement to facilitate partic…”

“I do agree with my hon. Friend, because under the previous Government the average time to contract was six years, and only two out of the 49 major projects they oversaw were on time and on budget. Our procurement reforms will speed up and improve delivery to the frontline, and thus boost our defence and security.”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that point. I will look into it and get back to him.”

“It is great to be here under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Luke Myer) on securing the debate and shedding light on the vital defence industry in the north-east, and particularly his part of the region. I thank my hon. Friends the Me…”

“The establishment of UK Defence Innovation has not been announced for that long. It was announced in the last three weeks. There is a bit more detail today in the spring statement about the budgets that it will have and its aim. It will sit under the NAD in the NAD group of the Department. As I have said, that is being…”

“First of all, on access, at the moment it is almost impossible for a small or medium-sized enterprise to decide to try to get a defence contract. That is partly because it is hard for them to know who to contact at the moment. A lot of our contracting arrangements require quite significant waits and the production of v…”

“Yes.”

“We did not want to produce an equipment plan this year before the strategic defence review sets out what capability we need. We are committed to having increased transparency with parliamentary colleagues. The Public Accounts Committee is very interested in this as well. We are not trying to hide what has been revealed…”

“On long-term partnerships and contracts, you might have seen the Unity contract that we signed with Rolls-Royce, which gives multi-year certainty about procuring on the nuclear side in a way that has enabled them to establish an academy to start thinking about making sure they have the right skills to do this over a nu…”

“Yes. That is not a bad analogy.”

“They cry out for certainty, and they cry out for some understanding of what we want.”

“I do not yet.”