(Broxtowe) (Con):...It
may be that I can shorten my comments, because I want
wholeheartedly and thoroughly to adopt the outstanding and
excellent analysis and conclusions of the right hon. Member for
Derby South (Margaret Beckett). She does indeed speak with great
authority. She of course knows, as a proud representative of the
city of Derby, the Rolls-Royce plant in her own constituency. She
also knows the Toyota plant near Derby. When she speaks about the
just-in-time supply chains and our manufacturing, I suggest that
there are few who could speak with so much genuine authority and
knowledge. In her analysis and conclusions, she is absolutely
right. I am delighted that she and I also agree that we should
now have a people’s vote on this, the most important decision
that our country faces and will take for decades...
(Dunfermline and West
Fife) (SNP):...I want to focus, however, on the impact
of the UK’s leaving the EU on the important areas of defence and
security. In my view, the Government have drastically
underestimated the negative consequences of Brexit for our
ability to maintain safety and security in the UK without the
full co-operation of our European counterparts and the ability of
our defence industries to trade and operate freely across the
single market. We have a strong, competitive defence industry
here in the UK. Firms such as Babcock, BAE Systems and
Rolls-Royce have successfully fulfilled Ministry of Defence
orders for years, and even more newer companies are coming into
the work stream. Those firms, like many others, have built up a
valuable breadth of expertise and capability, and we should be
doing all that we can to preserve their skills...
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