Andrew Ranger

Andrew Ranger

Labour — Wrexham

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 December 2025

Debate

Defence Spending: Economic Growth

Contribution

As the Secretary of State outlined, the new defence growth deals announced earlier this year promise exciting opportunities, particularly for young people entering high-skill engineering and new apprenticeship roles. North Wales already hosts world-class defence firms, such as Teledyne Qioptiq; what benefits, especially for economic growth and opportunity, can my Wrexham constituency and north Wales more widely expect as those deals are rolled out?

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