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Lord Cryer (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 November 2025

Debate

Ministry of Defence Procurement: UK-manufactured Products

Contribution

My Lords, in the two or three years after the end of the Cold War, around 150,000 jobs were lost in defence manufacturing. Everyone is right in hindsight, but now, looking back, that looks extremely short-sighted. Is there not now a need to reverse that process and expand our manufacturing base, at least as far as weapons manufacture is concerned, in this insecure world?

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