Spellar to PM: Build British ships with British steel and create British jobs

In Theresa May’s penultimate Prime Minister’s Questions, former Defence Minister John Spellar called on the Prime Minister to instruct the Ministry of Defence to build the Royal Navy’s new support vessels in ‘British yards, securing British jobs, using British steel.’

Spellar pointed out that all other major European industrial nations ‘insist that ships for their navies are built in their own [ship] yards’.

He urged to Prime Minister to, as part of her legacy, ‘be a good European’ and follow their example.