Proceeding contribution from David Davis (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 24 November 2011. It occurred during Backbench debate on BAE Systems.
BAE Systems
Frankly, I will resist making this a Labour versus Tory argument, for a simple reason. For the past 10 years, when it comes to BAE Systems and employment in our constituencies, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle and I have studiously aimed solely at protecting jobs, sometimes demurring from scoring political points. My hon. Friend the Member for Wyre and Preston North (Mr Wallace) makes a good general point: there is a central planning approach—a bad one—but the raw truth is that it was designed to ensure that our defence capability and defence employment were stable, and would be there in time of war. That has been turned, and it has effectively been used to destroy those jobs and that defence capability.
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- 2010-12
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- Defence Defence equipment Employment Manufacturing industries Staff Redundancy Skilled workers BAE Systems Hawk aircraft Brough
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